He is the sleek Yang Tour in "Great Rivers and Great Rivers", the well-respected Xie Hongzu in "Flowing Golden Years", and the introverted and fearless Lu Kongwen in "Assassination of a Novelist", he is - Dong Zijian.
Among the above three works, except for "Assassination of a Novelist" that has not yet been released, the other two can let the audience feel how delicate Dong Zijian's interpretation of the role is, and the personalities of different characters are very vivid through his interpretation.
Dong Zijian, who has acting skills that "do not match" his age, has also been controversial. He debuted in a high position, and his family background often became the talk of netizens, however, he wanted to use his strength to prove that he did not "fight for his mother".
Before 2012, Dong Zijian's state in the entertainment industry was that there was no such person.
At this time, he was still a high school student who was preparing to study abroad, and acting was not in his life plan at the beginning. With excellent academic performance, he took the SAT and TOEFL early and is fantasizing about life after going abroad.
However, just as he was about to go abroad, a chance encounter brought him into film shooting, and it was this time that changed the trajectory of his life.
Once, Dong Zijian went out to work out and passed a restaurant on the way back to eat. As he devoured in the restaurant, he didn't know that he had been targeted by the director on the side.
The other party invited him to shoot a scene, and also left contact information, so that Dong Zijian could contact him after going back to consider it.
The sudden invitation to film made Dong Zijian a little confused, "I just ate a meal, how did I get caught?" After a long time, Dong Zijian learned that this director was looking at the childishness of his years and years, and he did not suffer at first glance.
Although Dong Zijian is young, but his brain is flexible, for this kind of "pie in the sky", he chose to ask his mother who is engaged in the film and television industry - Wang Jinghua.
Her mother, Wang Jinghua, is not an ordinary person, she is china's first generation of agents, and the old drama bone Chen Daoming is the first artist signed by her company. She has also signed artists such as You Yong, Xia Yu, Hu Jun, and Li Bingbing.
Wang Jinghua has a certain status and connections in the entertainment industry, but when she listened to Dong Zijian's description of the director, she replied "I don't know this person."
Asking and doing are two things, and the choice is still in Dong Zijian's hands. At this time, he happened to learn that having acting experience allowed him to add points to his application for going abroad, so although his mother did not know this person, he decided to go to the "huihui" director who looked at him at a glance. This director is Liu Jie, who directed the movie "Youth Faction".
Liu Jie originally wanted to arrange for Dong Zijian to play the rich second generation Jiadi of "Youth Faction", but based on his respect for the actor, he asked Dong Zijian if he could be qualified as the male number one. Dong Zijian, who had never acted before, did not dare to respond, and could only answer ambiguously - "all right".
But when he went back to carefully read the script, he found that compared with the rich second generation Of Judy, he was more suitable for the male protagonist.
In order to win the role of Actually, the shy Dong Zijian took the initiative to communicate with the director and compared his similarities with Actually. In the end, the director was successfully persuaded, and Dong Zijian also won the role of the male protagonist.
In this way, Dong Zijian, who was not familiar with the world, shaved a dog-nibbled pot lid head into the group.
No one expected that a 19-year-old boy who had never had acting experience would be nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor with such a film depicting the campus life of the post-90s generation.
"Young Pi" pushed Dong Zijian, who was not yet ready, into the public eye, and a series of labels such as "actor newcomer king" and "dark horse in the film world" were all attached to Dong Zi fitness. Originally wanted to go abroad and enter the entertainment industry, he also changed his life trajectory and officially entered the show business circle.
As the saying goes, there are not many people who are popular, and Dong Zijian has not been able to escape.
Because he was pickpocketed and the gold medal agent Wang Jinghua is a mother-son relationship, Dong Zijian was once thought that he could enter the entertainment circle must be his mother behind the help, saying that the ugly point is "fighting for mothers and not fighting strength". But this is not the case.
In August 2014, as a freshman, Dong Zijian went to the Central Academy of Drama to report, and the reporter took the opportunity to mention the question of whether his entry into the show business circle benefited from his mother Wang Jinghua. Just in time, Dong Zijian also took this opportunity to clarify that Ming said that he did not rely on his mother to walk the road to acting, and his mother did not help him fight for any role, let alone plan his life.
Saying and doing are also two things, and Dong Zijian chose "knowledge and action unity" this time.
Although the actor's path is not the original intention, he still chooses to go on. Polishing his acting skills and delving into roles, dong Zijian opened up his own path and survived in the era of traffic at that time.
He is both the star and producer of "Young Babylon" and the youngest film champion at the Cannes Film Festival. From "Six Lane Cafe" to "Delan", from "Complete Boys' Manual" to "Riding the Wind and Waves" to "Relief Grocery Store", Dong Zijian constantly refreshed netizens' cognition of his ability.
Not only has he achieved great results in acting, he also has a unique vision and has participated in the production of "To Catch a Demon". But this time, Dong Zijian is "asking for his mother".
In 2015, "To Catch a Demon" was released, and the two names of Wang Jinghua and Dong Zijian appeared in the co-producer column, and for a time, "Spelling Mother" came out again. But in fact, Dong Zijian became the producer, which is also the result of his efforts.
Dong Zijian, who admired director Xu Chengyi at that time, offered himself to be a director's assistant, but was stranded because of the schedule. But for Dong Zijian, who is eager to learn more knowledge, this opportunity is really rare and does not want to miss it, so he can only turn around and ask his mother Wang Jinghua if he can let himself participate in the investment.
Wang Jinghua supported Dong Zijian, but also had a request not to pretend to be a false name. If Dong Zijian does not negotiate the corresponding advertising resources, then he is not eligible to participate in the project.
To this end, Dong Zijian ran east and west, racking his brains. Since The image of Huba has never been seen before, it is also difficult for advertisers' products to match the character image, and when talking about cooperation, advertisers have repeatedly overturned Dong Zijian's ideas.
With his perseverance, he eventually pulled in more than 100 million yuan of advertising resources. Wang Jinghua also agreed to let him participate in the project.
At that time, 22-year-old Dong Zijian, in his career, was the object of envy of many people, and should continue to face the wind and fight more for his career. However, he chose to enter the marriage hall early.
In 2016, the 23-year-old Dong Zijian disclosed his love affair with newcomer actor Sun Yi, netizens have not yet figured out the love story of the two, a year later, they came to the news of the baby, Dong Zijian also officially entered a new stage of life.
Dong Zijian, who became a grandfather, did not idle, starting from 2018, he began to enter the TV drama industry, and a "big river" made him once again become the focus. Since then, he has starred in hit works such as "Little Doctor", "Big River 2", "Flowing Golden Years", and there is currently a "Who is the Murderer" and "Assassination of a Novelist" to be screened.
Undoubtedly, Dong Zijian belongs to the kind of actor who wins at the starting line, with a high starting point, good resources, and everything from career to family is envied, but behind this also pays the efforts and persistence that others can't see.
In real life, Dong Zijian is really a bit like Yang Tour in "Big Rivers and Big Rivers", he once worked tirelessly to run east and west to seek affection in order to attract investment; he also lost forty pounds when filming "Assassination of a Novelist", and all kinds of fights and dangerous scenes were personally on the battlefield; every time he filmed, he would make great efforts to achieve the best results.
When the outside world questioned him about taking the back door and "fighting for his mother", he chose to use good works, good acting skills, and investment as a producer to prove himself, not arrogant, stable development, career just right while also taking into account the family, is a winner in life.
Dong Zijian, born in 1993, let people see the strength of young actors from the post-90s, and the glory that belongs to Dong Zijian is still behind.