Four years ago, Zhang Songwen did not dare to think red.
At that time, he was satisfied with his ability to eat and eat.
He rented a bungalow on the outskirts of Beijing, raised flowers and vegetables every day, and occasionally sat around to chat about performances when friends came over for dinner. In the more than 20 years of entering the industry, Zhang Songwen has not saved a little money, and often has to rush to buy some discounted vegetables before leaving work at the wet market.
This rented bungalow is his only home.
Not far from the bungalow is the mansion area, director, producer, big star... Many peers live there, the mansion is magnificently decorated, the pillows in the house are Gucci's, the tableware is Hermes, and even the cat litter is tens of thousands ... They are all in Beijing, working in the same profession, but their circumstances are very different.
With no opportunity and no money, Zhang Songwen is used to this status quo.
To be able to become red like today, he never dared to dream of it.
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For twenty years, Zhang Songwen waited until spring.
Recently, he has lived on the hot search with his ability, and netizens who have watched "Crazy" unanimously said:
It is recommended to check Zhang Songwen, unlike acting.
As the first hit drama of the opening year, "Crazy" won numbness.
It is enough to repeatedly break iQiyi's data records, and the Douban score has risen all the way to 9.1 points.
250,000 viewers participated in the rating, and the five-star rate was as high as 63.4%.
Traffic and word of mouth, the same did not lose.
Zhang Songwen makes the audience love and hate.
Gao Qiqiang, played by him, obviously does nothing evil, but can make the audience have complex understanding and empathy in some moments... Overturning the extreme setting of black and white, human nature has a gray space, and only then can there be two sides of good and evil, which is rare in domestic film and television dramas.
Getting rid of Facebook's good and evil, Zhang Songwen stood up for the role.
Zhang Songwen's play is good, and there is no need to repeat it in words.
He stood in a stall selling fish, and spectators could even smell the fishy smell of him across the screen.
When Tang Xiaolong went to the stall to find him, he would naturally pick up water from the fish tank to wash his hands, and then greet him with a smile on his face.
He designed it himself, and he had seen his boss do it when buying fish at the market.
This one shot is enough to make the audience believe that the person in front of him must be a stall owner who has sold fish in the market for half his life.
From a conscientious stall owner to an evil underworld to a sanctimonious entrepreneur.
In just 39 episodes, Gao Qiqiang has to go through three stages of life.
Zhang Songwen has to switch between three stages at any time, and any fault in the performance is fatal.
But at every stage, he interpreted it just right.
When he first entered the police station, the stall owner Gao Qiqiang was nervous and cramped.
An Xin asked him to put his legs down, and his face was full of innocence and grievances.
Later, when he entered the police station, the entrepreneur Gao Qiqiang was calm and calm.
When An Xin asked him to lower his legs again, he only cared about pouting and disdaining.
Similar to the details of this, little by little piece together this three-dimensional, complete Gao Qiqiang.
Behind the role, Zhang Song's acting skills have received numerous praises.
This is the three years of Zhang Songwen's popularity, and he has finally been seen since "Hidden Corner".
In the Weibo comment area, the audience is congratulating Zhang Songwen -
The treasure actor is finally red; Be able to afford a house; More resources will be gained...
The list goes on and on.
Media press releases are also praised one after another: Zhang Songwen, a late bloomer, did it.
Forty-six-year-old Zhang Songwen finally kept the clouds.
That's a good thing, of course, but I'm not happy.
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I don't like the term "late bloomer."
I especially don't like to use it on good actors, I always feel that it has some meaning of shirking responsibility.
Just like Zhang Songwen, is his acting skills suddenly good?
The year he graduated from Hokage, he was the first in the professional class.
But I couldn't find a little opportunity in the deformed film and television industry, and finally survived, and people said the word -
This actor, he is a late bloomer.
This is not praise, but quibbles.
Why should a good actor like Zhang Songwen be a late bloomer?
Zhang Songwen is Beiying's hardest student and hardest actor.
Before entering the Hokage campus, he installed air conditioners, cleaned soda bottles, worked as a waiter, and worked as a tour guide... But I haven't done film and television related work.
In 1999, he chatted with a friend and stumbled upon a dream.
Zhang Songwen said that he had always wanted to make a movie, and as soon as the words fell, he hurriedly waved his hand again: It's just blind, it's too late.
A friend took the conversation: What's so late, Zhang Yimou only started studying movies at the age of 28.
After his friend said something, Zhang Songwen woke up like a dream.
On the same day, I quit my job and bought a plane ticket to Beijing.
In 2001, Zhang Songwen was admitted to Beiying.
Late start, poor talent, not good Mandarin... If you want to become an actor, he is much more difficult than others.
There are really no shortcuts other than hard work.
In order to be able to practice flat tongue, Zhang Songwen simply held stones in his mouth all day to increase the pressure on the base and tip of his tongue.
He did his morning work at six or seven o'clock every morning, rain or shine for two whole years; I don't rest at twelve o'clock at night, and I have to practice my lines repeatedly.
Within two years, his professional grades had improved by leaps and bounds.
Classmates and teachers all felt that Zhang Songwen had become one.
Unfortunately, he never waited for the opportunity.
When I was in Hokage, the crew often went to school to select actors.
The best Zhang Songwen, but has never been selected.
He originally didn't expect it, but once he was called out alone by the casting director.
That time, Zhang Songwen was very happy. He even thought all the way, what would be my first role?
As a result, as soon as the director spoke, a basin of cold water poured out his enthusiasm: I heard that you are the class president, please inform these students.
On the list handed by the director, his name is still missing.
At that time, Zhang Songwen always thought: maybe it will be good to graduate, and there will be more opportunities.
Who would have thought that after graduation would be a longer winter.
In his first year of graduation, he auditioned for 360 crews, 280 in the second year and 200 in the third year.
In three years, it was rejected 800 times.
Once, he ran the group with Zhou Wei and was called into the house by the director.
The brothers were overjoyed. After entering the house, he found that there were many people sitting in the room, and the director pointed to them and said to the capital:
You see these two can't be actors, this (Zhang Songwen) is short like a dwarf, and that (Monday Wai) has a mouth like a sausage.
As soon as the words fell, the room burst into laughter.
Zhang Songwen and Zhou Wei could only laugh together, and before leaving, the capital stopped them and said:
You two hurry up and change careers, less detours.
The two respectfully thanked each other, walked into the elevator, and stood for a full three or four minutes, neither of them pressing the floor.
Such a scene has long been commonplace for Zhang Songwen.
Isn't Zhang Songwen a good actor at this time?
He is not only but also the first excellent actor in the professional class of Beiying.
A late bloomer, it is a disease of this era.
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Our film and television industry has been pathological for many years.
The sick environment is the cold winter of Zhang Songwen.
For many years before, Zhang Songwen's life was relatively embarrassing.
Every day, he has to wait for the evening to buy stale discounted vegetables, or rush to the morning market early in the morning to buy the cheapest dishes to eat.
When others get paid millions, his annual income is only 30,000-70,000.
Not to mention buying a house, he doesn't even have any savings.
He was always running to interview the crew, but he never had a chance.
The funny thing is that people in the circle basically know that Zhang Songwen is a block of material and can act well, but they just won't use him.
They always say: Teacher Zhang, you are really good, but there is no traffic.
What's more, simply let him bring funds into the group, how ridiculous, a good actor should actually pay for the role himself.
What's more, his house is even empty.
To be honest, Zhang Songwen is the norm for the vast majority of good actors.
He was also lucky to meet Bo Le, Lou Ye, who appreciated him.
Since 2007, every time Lou Ye chooses an actor, he will first determine the role of Zhang Songwen.
The collaborator asked him: Ode Wen is very good, but is he without a market?
Lou Yedu only replied: Ode Wen is very good.
The two of them actually didn't have much personal friendship before, they just appreciated it.
Therefore, every time I look at his past with Lou Ye, I can appreciate the weight of the four words of the grace of knowledge.
In April 2019, the movie "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" directed by Lou Ye was released.
Zhang Songwen, who played Old Tang, was dumbfounded by insiders. Shi Hang is watching the movie while Baidu, who is this actor, it is also too powerful!
The media reporter said: It is exactly the same as the demeanor of government officials seen every day.
Zhang Songwen's phone rang all night, and the person who had rejected him said in surprise: Songwen, I watched the movie you played, why is it so good?
In fact, Zhang Songwen just did something he would have done.
That's all.
In 2020, by starring in "Hidden Corner", Zhang Songwen was completely out of the circle.
The scene of eating wontons hung on the hot search for three days.
This good actor, who had been frustrated for too long, finally became popular and became popular overnight.
Regarding the vote for who has the best acting skills in the play, he received 41% support.
Overnight, the script delivered before the case continued to flow.
Those who had laughed at him and ridiculed him called out to the teacher. This is the entertainment industry, realistic and impetuous, dirty and barren Vanity Fair.
People on the Internet are discussing that today, when traffic stars often evade hundreds of millions of taxes, why can't such a good actor afford to buy a house?
yes, why can't he afford to buy a house?
Fortunately, Zhang Songwen survived the long winter, stood in front of the screen, and created one high-quality character after another.
However, how many "Zhang Songwen" in domestic entertainment have not survived the winter?
The answer to this question is unknown.
So whenever I see a "late bloomer" actor, I always resist from the bottom of my heart.
Resist the late bloomer.
Finally, let's talk about the current situation, the good actors who have been active on the screen in the past two years are actually late bloomers.
If you don't say far, let's talk about the drama "Crazy".
Tens of billions of actor Zhang Yi, in fact, there was no drama to shoot for many years, and after becoming popular, he was praised as a late bloomer.
Wu Gang, the secretary of Dakang, also survived for many years to wait for the opportunity.
Why not Ni Dahong?
There are also some actors whose names will feel strange to you, such as Zhang Zhijian, who plays Meng Dehai.
These are good actors, and they should all be seen earlier.
The audience waited for Zhang Yi and Zhang Songwen, which was lucky.
We need such quality actors and productions.
But at the same time, I hope that the actors who are not worthy of the position will leave the screen, so that other Zhang Songwen in the cold winter can also be seen.
Such good actors, I hope they are early bloomers and early adults.