The hit movie "Catching Dolls" once again allowed the public to see the super strength of the "Shen Ma CP".

The data speaks for itself: the film’s box office has exceeded 1.6 billion yuan, and its reputation is also good, making it easily one of the blockbusters on the big screen this year.

In order to promote the work, the audience also had the rare opportunity to see Shen Teng and Ma Li working together again and interacting generously in various activities.

Many fans also came out to support, and even said:

"As long as they act in a movie, it's a bunch of S. I have to have a taste of it..."

This shows how deeply this screen couple has been popular. Some people are still confused: "I always thought they were a real couple."

But in fact, the duo was quickly dismantled after becoming popular, and the reason was reasonable:

The man already has his girlfriend Wang Qi, with whom he has been with for 12 years.

Moreover, the latter was very unhappy about the fact that "everyone thinks that their men belong to Ma Li" and even made a public fuss about it, which forced Shen and Ma to avoid suspicion and their cooperation seemed bumpy.

Until now, several years later, they have joined forces again and used a movie "Catching Dolls" to prove that the popularity is still there.

So, behind this, was it Wang Qi's overnight maturity and calm acceptance, or was it a compromise forced by the situation?

1. It’s not easy before you become famous

The reason why "Shen Ma CP" has such great charm, besides their excellent acting skills, may be because they are both from Northeast China, so it is not unreasonable that they have a natural sense of humor in their bones.

Shen Teng was born in 1979 in a wealthy family in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province. He has an older sister who is five years older than him and later became a famous soprano singer.

Ma Li is three years younger than him and comes from a very wealthy family. Although her parents divorced when she was eight years old, her mother is a strong woman who has been living a happy life by running a restaurant.

She had a talent for literature and art since childhood and was good at sprinting, basketball and other sports, but her stepfather suggested that Ma Li learn acting because she was good-looking and had a lively personality.

In 2001, at the age of 19, she was successfully admitted to the Central Academy of Drama and began to study acting.

On the other hand, Shen Teng had already followed in his sister's footsteps and entered the PLA Art Academy a few years ago. At that time, he became the "school idol" because of his handsome appearance.

Here, he met Wang Qi, a junior sister who was five years younger than him.

Wang Qi is a girl from Sichuan with a hot temper. The two started to bicker with each other when they first met, and Shen Teng accidentally fell in love with her in the process.

With the help of his classmates and several dinner dates, Wang Qi successfully became his girlfriend, and the two were very devoted to each other at that time.

She felt sorry for her boyfriend who had nothing to do and no money to eat well after graduation, so she gave her meal card to Shen Teng. Seeing that he was addicted to playing games all day, she threatened to break up with him in order to encourage him to cheer up.

It can be said that without Wang Qi’s support at that stage, Shen Teng would not have become as popular as he did later.

In 2003, Shen Teng got the opportunity to perform in the stage play "If You Want to Eat Mahua, I'll Twist It for You Now" and immediately joined the Happy Mahua team.

Ma Li's life was not easy at this time. Although she had been wealthy since childhood, her mother encountered financial difficulties in running the restaurant, which made their life suddenly tight.

In order not to cause trouble to her mother, she changed her "young lady" lifestyle and lived a simple life.

In addition, in order to get work, Ma Li shuttled between various drama troupes looking for opportunities. It was at this time that she met Shen Teng.

In 2005, she was performing in a small theater and Shen Teng, who was sitting in the audience, remembered her at a glance: "This actor is so good. It would be great if we could work together sometime."

Later, Ma Li recalled that after watching Shen Teng's performance, she thought to herself: "His facial features are particularly delicate."

After that, both of them worked at Happy Twist and co-starred in works such as "No One is Allowed to Laugh" and "No Gifts for the Holidays This Year".

Ma Li's performance is remarkable. After several years of hard work, she has become the "Queen of a Thousand Shows" in the hearts of many audiences.

At this time, Wang Qi had already entered the film and television industry. After graduation, she starred in a series of film and television works such as "Railway Guerrillas", "Ode to the Great River", and "Horses Neighing in the Wind".

Although she seems to be tepid, her pretty looks still attracted the attention of many viewers.

The busy acting life made her and Shen Teng spend less time together, and apart from performing in dramas, the man spent all his time playing games, and sometimes even forgot the date time they had squeezed out with great difficulty because of games.

Moreover, his career was indeed mediocre at that time. It was said that the worst time for a drama he starred in was when he only sold 4 tickets.

Fortunately, Shen Teng had his parents to support him at that time. Without any source of income, he could only become a "parasite".

In 2007, Wang Qi proposed to break up, and she sent a message to Shen Teng:

"Have you ever thought about what I want? Money? Power? Or a man's care and concern?"

After that, the two ended their five-year relationship in a hasty manner.

2. They had a mutual respect for each other before they became famous

Many years later, Shen Teng recalled his breakup with Wang Qi and described his feelings as "heartbroken."

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to work hard to win his girlfriend back.

At that time, Wang Qi had already starred in "Ten Days of Life and Death" and was recognized by director Zheng Xiaolong for his outstanding performance. His career was on the rise.

After weighing the pros and cons, she decided to give Shen Teng another chance, and the two reconciled.

During this period, the man's friendship with Ma Li deepened. It is said that they once lived in the same community and had keys to each other's homes.

When she is not busy, Ma Li will cook for Shen Teng, and Shen Teng will be Ma Li's free driver...

Perhaps it was the ordinary time they spent together that gave them a tacit understanding beyond that between lovers, and also prepared them to become a screen couple in the future.

After making efforts, their careers also took a turn for the better:

Since 2008, Happy Twist started its national tour and gradually produced many classic works, achieving a reversal in its reputation.

Starting in 2010, Ma Li also entered the film and television acting industry and starred in her first movie "The Battle of Shama Town".

What's even more rare is that in the same year she was appreciated by He Jiong, and the two collaborated on the sketch "Super Happy Shoe Insoles" at Mango TV's Lantern Festival Gala, and finally won the audience's recognition.

Wang Qi's career also took off this year. She gained attention for her role as Liu Feng'er in the hit drama "Iron Pear Flower".

But compared with Happy Twist, Wang Qi's popularity is incomparable.

Because of their fame, the Happy Twist team received an olive branch from the Spring Festival Gala a few years later, inviting them to produce a work.

In 2012, Shen Teng, Allen, and Huang Yang performed the sketch "Today's Happiness" on the Spring Festival Gala, which was a great success.

The following year, he starred in "Today's Happiness 2" with Ma Li and his girlfriend Wang Qi. The line "What defeats you is not innocence, but 'no shoes'" made the audience laugh.

But everyone didn't seem to care about Wang Qi, who played his girlfriend in the sketch. Instead, they started to support Shen Teng and Ma Li.

Because in the two consecutive years after that, the skits they performed, "Should I Help or Not" and "Catering to Their Tastes", were both excellent.

During this process, Wang Qi's presence became less noticeable.

Seeing her boyfriend's career getting better and better, she seemed to have given up her own career. After starring in the contemporary urban drama "Everyone Loves Me" directed and acted by Shen Teng in 2014, she retired from the circle in a low-key manner.

Perhaps it was because of this action that she was criticized in the future. Some people said that she "clinged to Shen Teng" and some people said that she was "too stingy"...

Behind this is the mutual appreciation between "Shen Ma CP".

As his career became more and more prosperous, Shen Teng talked about his love for Ma Li many times during interviews, saying "she is the best actress in my heart" and "she is my most important trump card"...

In an interview, Ma Li even said that she hoped to "get over it" by not getting married before she was 30. Shen Teng directly responded: "First have a child with the person you like, and whoever you say is his father will be the father." He then said: "You can say that I am his father, and I will raise him in my home..."

Ma Li also sympathizes with Shen Teng. She once expressed her regret for love, "I didn't understand what love was at that time. When I understood it, he was already someone else's."

When this statement was made, the outside world was shocked and many people said: These two people at least loved each other.

3. Mutual achievements but still feeling unhappy?

Starting from April 2015, Shen Teng participated in the recording of "Happy Comedian".

In his last match in July of the same year, he invited his partner Ma Li to help out, and his girlfriend Wang Qi was also in the audience.

The two staged a kissing scene. After the performance, the host invited Wang Qi to the stage. Unexpectedly, her first words were:

"He just kissed Mary, his mouth is dirty, he needs to wash it when he gets home."

This made Ma Li very embarrassed, and she could only explain that she was just borrowing the position.

Two months later, the movie "Charlotte's Troubles" co-starring "Shen Ma CP" was released, and eventually won the National Day box office champion with a box office of 1.445 billion yuan.

In the film, she plays the carefree athlete Ma Dongmei, and he plays Xia Luo, a seemingly sloppy but actually kind and righteous man. The combination of the two is a match made in heaven.

Not surprisingly, the film made them both the new king and queen of comedy. In addition, the audience naturally thought that the two were a couple.

But as their popularity gradually increased, the audience also noticed that the woman behind the man was actually Wang Qi.

Then they dug up Wang Qi's performance on "Happy Comedian" and started to complain: "Small family!"

In particular, two months after "Charlotte's Troubles" was released, Wang Qi was proposed to by Shen Teng.

But this proposal ceremony seemed to be filled with reluctance on the man's part and gratitude on the woman's part.

It was a reality show. In addition to Wang Qi, her parents also appeared on the show. Wang's mother said to the camera, "I really want to hear about his marriage problems with our Qi Qi!"

Then Shen Teng did propose, and Wang Qi burst into tears: "My biggest wish, my whole family's biggest wish has finally come true!"

After this incident, he and Ma Li began to avoid each other and were unable to work together again for a long time.

When facing his own marriage, Shen Teng said in an interview: "If I don't marry Wang Qi, I will be the target of public criticism and I will be a sinner."

He also talked about his relationship with Ma Li, and said frankly that he and his close partner can only be partners: "If you can't get along, you can only choose one."

However, after avoiding suspicion with Ma Li, the development of both of them seemed to have reached a bottleneck period:

Although Shen Teng's successive works such as "The Richest Man in Xihong City" and "Flying Life" still maintain extremely high popularity, the response is not as high as when he was with Ma Li.

Ma Li's career is even worse. From "Cat", "Sunny Robbers" to "Li Mao Plays the Prince", she won the "Golden Broom Award" for the most disappointing actress twice.

Until last year, she teamed up with Shen Teng again and starred in "The Lone Moon", and her box office revenue exceeded 15 billion yuan for her starring movies, making her the highest-grossing actress in the Chinese film market, bar none.

At this time, Ma Li had already found a good man.

The year after Shen Teng and Wang Qi got married, she married actor Xu Wenhe, who was 11 years younger than her, and the two got their marriage certificate in 2018.

The following year, Ma Li became pregnant successfully, and then she went on the Spring Festival Gala with Shen Teng with a big belly, performing the sketch "Going Through the Motions".

What is not well known is that she once suffered from depression due to the huge pressure from career setbacks. When Shen Teng learned about this, he strongly invited her to star in his works, "hoping that she could get over it."

And now, the two have collaborated again, and with the movie "Catching Dolls", they have become the "Internet parents" of netizens and have once again attracted box office craze.

As for Wang Qi, after being cyber-bullied by netizens for years, he finally returned to normal.

Perhaps she always understood: life is like a play, so don't take everything too seriously.

After all, no matter how excited netizens are about this couple, both "Shen Ma" have their own determined lives and goals. The fact that Shen Teng chose to marry Wang Qi says it all.

How can there be so many regrets in ordinary days?

The right answer is to live every day down to earth.