Recently, Shu Qi, Chen Kun and Zhou Xun gathered at the graduation ceremony of The Yamashita Academy, and Shu Qi, as a co-founder, also took the stage to deliver a closing message and send blessings to the students.
In the group photo, Shu Qi's wool curly hairstyle with fisherman's hat looks playful and cute, and it is no less than a group of twenty-something students around him.
As a senior who debuted for more than two decades, Shu Qi has starred in countless films, but many people still have stereotypes about her, thinking that she is a star.
As everyone knows, in addition to several erotic films made when he first debuted, there are more than 20 films in which Shu Qi participated in a rating of more than 7.0, which is an out-and-out acting school, and has won more than one award or nomination such as the Golden Horse Award and the Academy Award.
It is not easy for Shu Qi to get to this point, and her growth process is simply a history of the counterattack of the ugly duckling.
1. The sinking bad girl
In April 1976, in the early summer when grass warblers were flying, a family surnamed Lin in New Taipei City, Taiwan, ushered in the birth of a girl.
This was a happy thing, but the family could not be happy, it turned out that this girl looked very ugly, with a brain gate, wide eye distance, and a big mouth, like a catfish essence. The family thought that since there was no advantage in appearance, if you want to mix well in the future, you would have to rely on wisdom, so they named her Lin Lihui.
Lin Lihui's family conditions are very bad, her father is a small clerk, her mother is a housewife, and the family of three barely survives on a meager income. When Lin Lihui's younger brother was born, family expenses were even more stretched, so much so that her biggest wish as a child was for the whole family to have a decent meal together.
In addition to the tightness of life, the wrong family education has a greater impact on Lin Lihui. When she was born, her mother was only 18 years old, and she was still a child, so why educate her children? In the face of the mischievous Lin Lihui, her mother's education method has only one trick - to fight!
But this approach only backfires, and Lin Lihui, who is in adolescence, becomes more rebellious, learning to smoke, drink, fall in love early, and even often run away from home as a teenager.
Once she and her friend accidentally broke her arm in a drag racing car, and the first choice was to call her boss because the other party could afford to pay for the medical expenses. When her mother got the news and rushed to the hospital, she was very distressed to see the injured Lin Lihui and cried in the corridor for a long time. From then on, Lin Lihui learned that her mother actually cared about herself.
After recovering from her injury, Lin Lihui wanted to earn more money to subsidize her family, because of her low education and young age, she could not find a suitable job at all, and could only do temporary work in the video hall, and it was this experience that made her develop the habit of loving movies. Looking at the love stories of handsome men and beautiful women on the screen, Lin Lihui was very envious, thinking that she could also become an actor.
At this time, her facial features have slowly grown, although it is not a country, but it is also a clear eyebrow show, coupled with a meter and a six-plus head and a bumpy figure, it seems to be a temperament-type beauty.
Soon after, a modeling agency called Babylon took a fancy to Lin Lihui and wanted to shoot a set of photo albums for her, and according to the standard of traditional women's "Qinqi Calligraphy and Painting", she was given the stage name "Shuqi", which was later changed to ShuQi by the agent.
Shu Qi, who was thinking about making money, signed the contract without thinking too much, and when she knew that it was too late to take a large-scale photo, if she broke the contract, she would have to compensate a lot of money, and Shu Qi had to finish the film.
Soon, Shu Qi's family knew about this matter, and in order not to worry his parents, Shu Qi had to say that he had volunteered. But in the face of the finger-pointing of relatives and friends, her parents still broke with Shu Qi fiercely, but the harm caused to her by this set of photos was more than that.
In 1995, Ke Junxiong, a film emperor who was nearly 50 years old, was shocked after seeing Shu Qi's photo, and immediately used means to sign Shu Qi to his company, and tailored the movie "Spirit and Desire" for him.
Ke Junxiong used the identity of the boss to replace the protagonist with himself, and also added a lot of large-scale scenes, and then forced Shu Qi to accept, the teenage Shu Qi who was his opponent, and finally was succeeded by Ke Junxiong, and played a lot of "opponent plays" with Shu Qi in the film.
Although this incident is not honorable, it also allows Shu Qi to step into the film circle, and at this time, she does not know that her performance has attracted the attention of a Hong Kong director.
2. From a third-level film girl to a Golden Horse Awards actress
At that time, the competition in the Hong Kong film market was very fierce, and major film companies did everything in their power to grab the box office, in addition to the theme and story, they also needed the addition of newcomers to supplement the blood of the film industry.
By chance, director Wang Jing saw the photo taken by Shu Qi, and immediately felt that this newcomer was very promising, so he moved his mind to sign Shu Qi. But Ke Junxiong was willing to release people easily, and the price was 5 million Hong Kong dollars, otherwise he would not break the contract, but later Wang Jing found that Shu Qi was still a minor when he signed the contract with Ke Junxiong, so the contract was invalid, and Shu Qi was pried into his hand without spending a penny. Shu Qi, who fell out with his family, did not have any nostalgia for Taiwan, so he followed Wang Jing to Hong Kong.
When he first arrived in Hong Kong, Shu Qi could only rent a basement of more than ten square meters, hot and humid, but he could only grit his teeth and stand firm. In a foreign land, Shu Qi began to miss her relatives at home. After thinking about it, Shu Qi took the initiative to call home and ask for forgiveness from his parents, and the family quickly reconciled as before. Although the knot of her heart was opened, in the face of the still embarrassing family situation, she only had one idea left - to make money.
In 1996, under the packaging of Wang Jing, the 20-year-old Shu Qi starred in several movies. In the film, she faces the audience naked, a pair of charming eyes to seduce the soul, and the charm in her bones is fully released in front of the camera. After the film was released, Shu Qi was indeed on fire, and many ill-intentioned bosses had to invite her to "dinner", but they were all rejected by Wang Jing.
At this time, Shu Qi did not realize that along with fame and fortune, there was ridicule and irony, as well as the name of a star that could not be left for life. As Zweig famously said, "All the gifts of fate have been secretly priced." ”
On the road, passing drivers will deliberately shout "Off-star" when they see her! Shu Qi was embarrassed and could not refute it, in Taiwan, Shu Qi's mother was embarrassed to go out to visit the New Year because she was afraid of being pointed out.
It was only then that she regretted earning the money for the first time. So she silently vowed, "I will put back the clothes I took off, one by one!" Soon, Shu Qi ushered in one of the most critical turning points in his life.
At that time, Er Dongsheng was about to start filming the movie "Pornographic Men and Women", one of the roles was a third-level film actress, Er Dongsheng felt that Shu Qi, who had just debuted, was very suitable for this role, so he tried to sign her by public opinion. In the film, Shu Qi played with Zhang Guorong and Karen Mok, and played the bitterness and pathos of a star. In the play, she said to Ah Xing, played by Zhang Guorong: "I actually don't want to shoot such a scene, but I want money and I want to survive." "Why isn't this Shu Qi's heart' words?"
With this film, Shu Qi won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer. She is the first actress to make a third-level film and still win this award. The media named her "the sexiest lip-plumping actress", and she was also featured on the cover of Time Magazine in the United States. Taking this opportunity, Shu Qi began his own transformation path.
In 3 years, Shu Qi shot more than 20 movies. There are comedies "Forty Guys", there are romance films "Flying General Love Novels", there are gangster films "Hongxing Thirteen Sisters of Ancient Puzzle Boys", and there are martial arts films "Wind and Clouds: Dominating the World", with their own efforts, Shu Qi completely got rid of the title of "off-star" and transformed into an acting actress.
A large number of shootings not only honed her acting skills, but also gave her a clear understanding of the direction of her interpretation. She began to deliberately reduce the number of commercial films and instead take on more literary films. Although the quantity is reduced, the quality is much higher.
Shu Qi's talent was also highlighted at this time, her comprehension is very strong, very good at studying various roles, each performance is very natural, not stiff or contrived. With solid acting skills, Shu Qi is deeply loved by major directors, and Hou Xiaoxian once said: "Every time I shoot a movie, I have the actors in my heart, and I think that only Shu Qi is suitable." ”
In 2005, Hou Xiaoxian invited Shu Qi to shoot the film "The Best Time", which tells the love story of three different periods. There is a scene in the film that requires Shu Qi to sing while playing the pipa, in order to shoot this scene well, Shu Qi specially studied with the pipa master for two weeks. Relying on this serious attitude, the film finally presents a very perfect effect. Shu Qi also won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress for this, and won the film queen.
When he won the Golden Horse Award, Shu Qi was so excited that he cried bitterly, "After carrying so much pressure, I can finally give my parents an explanation." After the award, she sent the trophy directly to her parents' home to share the joy of winning the award with her loved ones.
In recent years, Shu Qi has successively filmed "Do Not Disturb", "Journey to the West", "Assassin Nie Yinniang" and other acclaimed and popular films, acting skills are favored by big-name directors, and their value has also risen, successfully ranking among the ranks of first-line actresses.
3. The bumpy road will eventually come to fruition
Although his career was smooth, Shu Qi's emotional experience was very bumpy. After entering the show business circle, she also had several experiences of interaction, but in the end they were not happy, if you want to ask the reason for the breakup, you can simply summarize it as "two fathers and a mother".
In 1998, Shu Qi ushered in an important opportunity to co-produce the film "City of Glass" with Dawn. At that time, Dawn Gui was one of the four heavenly kings and the dream lover of countless young girls, and Shu Qi, who was in his twenties, was naturally no exception.
In the play, they play a pair of lovers, who are full of each other's names in each other's lifeline, career line, and love line. Outside the play, dawn, who had just ended her relationship with Zhou Haimei, was immediately attracted by the beautiful and sexy Shu Qi, and soon, the two faked the drama and came together.
But this relationship caused dissatisfaction among many people, first of all, Dawn's fans, who believed that Shu Qi was not worthy of being the heavenly king's sister-in-law, and turned over shu Qi's early black history and spread it wildly, trying to put pressure on Dawn. The second is Dawn's father, after all, in the traditional concept, large families cannot accept a woman with a bad reputation as a daughter-in-law.
In the face of these opposing voices, even the Heavenly King Dawn had no choice but to play a set of tricks that violated the yin and yang, and at night the two of them were together as usual to qingqing me and me, and during the day when they were interviewed, they declared that "we are just friends."
In this way, Shu Qi secretly became the Tianwang girlfriend for 7 years, and originally thought that he could get a marriage commitment at the age of 29, but Dawn still kept pushing back. Shu Qi realized at this time that this man actually cared a lot about his past, and in the face of love that could not produce results, Shu Qi simply and neatly chose to end.
Years later, Dawn was asked in an interview with Venus: Who is the woman I admire most in this life? He replied without hesitation, "Shu Qi." By this time he could finally say her name, but it was too late.
Shu Qi, 29, has no ability to predict the future, and she is licking her wounds alone, but she is soon back in shape because her next relationship is beckoning to her.
In 2005, Shu Qi and Zhang Zhen starred in the movie "The Best Time" because of the drama. There was a kiss scene at that time, the two were so emotional that they forgot the time during the shooting, kissed for ten minutes, and when they reacted, they found that the director and the cinematographer were already resting.
Although they were embarrassed, neither of them went any further. Shu Qi did not move because she had a broken heart once and did not allow her to open up easily again. And Zhang Zhen did not move, because at the beginning of the scandal between the two, Zhang Zhen's father said in front of the media that Shu Qi would not be Zhang Zhen's other half. This love has not yet begun, it has ended.
After two unsustainable feelings, Shu Qi became no longer believed in love, but at this moment, another person broke into her life.
In 2006, Wang Lihong invited Shu Qi to play the heroine of the MV, and the musical talent was impressed by the performance of the Golden Horse Film Queen, and even said that "when editing, I almost cut myself out, leaving only her part." As a result, Wang Lihong began to take the initiative to pursue Shu Qi, often going to the crew to visit the class, but this relationship also soon ushered in obstacles.
Unlike the reasons of the previous two fathers, the reason why Wang Lihong's mother did not accept Shu Qi was because her education was too low. It is no wonder that Wang Lihong is from Shuxiang Mendi, his parents and brothers are high-achieving students of world-famous universities, either doctors or masters, while Shu Qi has not even graduated from high school.
Whether it is because of experience or because of academic qualifications, as long as you don't accept it in your heart, you will always find a reason. After these things, Shu Qi also looked away, it was a big deal to be single from now on, a person is not bad, when she was already discouraged, the True Destiny Heavenly Son had quietly come to her side.
In 1997, Shu Qi met Feng Delun for filming the movie "Beautiful Young Love", but the two were still ordinary friends at that time. It wasn't until 2012, when Shu Qi and Feng Delun were photographed together, that they responded that they were "good friends with opportunities."
In 2016, after 4 years of secret love, the two officially announced their marriage. This time there was no objection, and everyone was blessing the two of them. Even Feng Delun's ex-girlfriend, Mo Wenwei, posted on Weibo that "in heaven wish to be a bird with wings, I wish that there are lovers in the world who will eventually become dependents." ”
In the wedding photos of the two, Shu Qi was filled with an innocent smile, and Feng Delun looked at her with tender eyes, and the goddess finally waited for the person who loved her.
epilogue
Shu Qi is an unfortunate person, she has fallen into the abyss of eternal disaster on the road of growth.
But she was also a lucky person, and there were many people along the way who sincerely helped her out of the predicament of fate.
Although this was a wrong choice in the eyes of outsiders, it was already the best choice in shu Qi's eyes at that time, and in fact, she had long understood this truth.
After Shu Qi became famous, someone asked her if she regretted that period of star history, and Shu Qi replied simply and neatly: I just want to say that I will not regret what I have done, not now, and not in the future. ”
It is precisely by relying on this stubborn persistence that Shu Qi has come all the way to today, and finally harvested career and love.
Life is like a wave, there will always be ups and downs. When you are at a low point in your life, don't be afraid and don't concede defeat.
As long as you muster up the courage to continue to move forward, everywhere is the way uphill.