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Speaking of Zhang Ziyi, many people are no strangers. She has a lot of labels on her, such as "international chapter", "conspiracy girl" and so on, but can these really represent her?
As one of the first actresses in China to enter Hollywood, her achievements are comparable to those of few actors in China.
She is not only a household name in China, but also has a certain degree of popularity internationally.
So do you know how hard she has put in to get to this day, and how ambitious she is?
01 History of fame
Zhang Ziyi, who grew up in an ordinary working-class family, was born in Beijing. Although her family conditions are not very good, she has been versatile since childhood.
Because of her unique love of dance, she was admitted to Beijing Dance High School at the age of 11. Her experience at this school laid the foundation for her path as an actress.
In 1996, at the age of 17, she was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama, and her class was the famous "star class".
The students in this class are all outstanding, all handsome guys and beauties, and there are many big coffees in the future, which can be described as star-studded.
Until now, this class is still passed down as a legend at the Central Academy of Drama.
Zhang Ziyi, who entered this class, saw so many excellent students, and instantly felt that he was too ordinary compared to them, and felt that he would not have a future.
Because of this, Zhang Ziyi has made a hundred times more effort.
In her sophomore year, some of her classmates had already begun to take on the drama and develop their careers. And she has been unknown and not appreciated.
But the kung fu paid off, and she stayed at school all day and met her own "Bo Le", that is, Zhang Yimou.
At that time, in order to cast his movie "My Father and Mother", Zhang Yimou went to the Central Academy of Drama to see if there were any good seedlings.
Originally, Zhang Yimou chose Zhang Ziyi's classmate, but on the day Zhang Yimou arrived, this classmate missed it because of something delayed.
And at this time, she happened to be in school and was seen by Zhang Yimou, who saw her unyielding strength and ambition and desire in her eyes at a glance.
Thus, Zhang Ziyi's career as an actor began.
In order to film this drama well, she specially went to the countryside to observe and learn, and made great efforts for this.
In the end, the kung fu paid off, and she successfully won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress with this drama and opened her own drama path with this award.
At this time, her ambition was also revealed, in order to gain attention, she actually wore a red belly pocket when she walked the red carpet with Zhang Yimou.
As soon as this style came out, it became popular all over the world, and for a while there were photos of her wearing a red belly pocket holding Zhang Yimou.
Offended his own "Bole" for this, Zhang Yimou was very angry at that time, and even cursed her, feeling that she was doing too out of line and did not know how to converge.
02 Upper History
In 1999, Zhang Ziyi met director Ang Lee and joined Ang Lee's crew to work with big names Chow Yun-fat and Michelle Yeoh.
Since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a martial arts action movie, there are a lot of fight scenes in the play, so it is very difficult during filming.
In order to get Ang Lee's approval, she didn't have to stick to herself on the shooting scene without a stand-in. Even while filming a martial arts scene, her entire nail was knocked off due to an accident.
But at that time, she did not pretend to insert her injured hand into the snow to stop the blood, and insisted on finishing the scene.
Her dedication also won Ang Lee's recognition, and she was even embraced by Ang Lee after the finish.
As soon as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was broadcast, Zhang Ziyi, who played Yu Jiaolong in the play, received great attention.
She interpreted this role just right, and the beautiful and neat play scenes made foreigners shine.
With this drama, she has won several awards internationally, opening her way to go international.
The international road opened up her ambition at the same time, in order to be able to cooperate with Jackie Chan to officially enter Hollywood.
Once at Jackie Chan's birthday party, she appeared as a mysterious guest to celebrate her eldest brother's birthday. In order to please Jackie Chan, she kissed in public under the lens of the media and asked Jackie Chan to feed her wine.
These are nothing, she even openly sat on Jackie Chan's lap, feeding the grapes with her own hands, shushing and asking for warmth, and even receiving the grape skin with her hands.
After Jackie Chan was served and happy, he even picked up Zhang Ziyi. After the dinner, the two returned to the hotel intimately, and the photos were posted online the next day.
At a later award ceremony, Chow Yun-fat mocked her in public for not caring about her face in order to get to the top.
After making such a big sacrifice, she successfully entered the crew of "Rush Hour 2" and officially entered Hollywood with this show.
From 2002 to 2003, she filmed "Heroes" and "Ambush on Ten Sides".
During the filming of "Heroes", it is said that Zhang Ziyi did tricks behind his back, resulting in the deletion of Maggie Cheung's scene, who should have been the protagonist, by half, while Zhang Ziyi, who was originally a supporting role, became the protagonist.
In the filming of "2046", the same thing happened again, so the two were considered to be married.
Regardless of her personality, the release of so many films has made her successfully famous internationally, and the title of "International Chapter" has also appeared.
Regardless of her personality, her achievements are unattainable.
She let foreigners see Chinese actors, see that China can also make excellent films, and leave an indelible color in international film history.
03 The road to marrying into a wealthy family
While her career is in full swing, Zhang Ziyi has not relaxed in terms of feelings. In 2004, she met Huo Qishan, a wealthy child, and Huo Qishan's family was also a figure with a head and a face at that time.
When the two first met, Huo Qigang fell in love with Zhang Ziyi at first sight and began to pursue the road, and finally hugged the beauty back with a good family lineage and attentive pursuit.
A few months later, the media took pictures of the two kissing on the street. The two in the photo kissed on the side of the street without fear, did not panic when they saw the camera, and showed a satisfied smile.
I thought that I could marry into a wealthy family and become a rich wife, but the relationship between them did not have a problem of distance after all, and the two chose to break up because they got together less and separated more.
After the breakup, some media revealed that the real reason was that the Huo family could not look at Zhang Ziyi, who was a dramatist, and felt that her identity was not worthy of the Huo family.
Regardless of the reason, Zhang Ziyi did not feel sad for long, and turned around and fell in love with a foreign rich man.
The foreign billionaire is more than a decade older than her, and the two were photographed kissing at an NBA game by the media. This relationship at that time could be described as a sensation in the film and television circles at home and abroad.
Since being photographed, the two have begun to attend various occasions together in an upright manner, and even some media have filmed the two of them touching their buttocks on the beach, and the scale is very large.
In order to trap this rich man, Zhang Ziyi can be said to have done everything he could.
Under the witness of the media, the relationship between the two became better and better, and soon announced the engagement news with a high profile, and posted a 12-carat diamond ring.
While the media were anxiously waiting for the news of their marriage, the two broke up unexpectedly.
It is said that because the rich man asked Zhang Ziyi to sign a prenuptial agreement, if the two divorced, Zhang Ziyi could not share a penny of his property.
The failure to marry into a wealthy family twice made her recognize the facts and no longer cling to the wealthy family. chose to fall in love with CCTV host Sabine.
During their relationship, they publicly showed their affection many times, and Sabine even sent a Tibetan poem to Zhang Ziyi on social platforms.
But the relationship between the two did not end up, and the identity of the host of Sabine was not recognized by Zhang Ziyi's mother, so the two parted ways.
Just when everyone was worried about Zhang Ziyi's emotional direction, Wang Feng appeared, and this matter finally ushered in the finale.
04 The end is positive
Several failed loves made Zhang Ziyi's love path extremely bumpy, and under such circumstances, a chance opportunity allowed Zhang Ziyi to meet Wang Feng.
When Wang Feng met Zhang Ziyi, he had already had three marriages and even had a daughter, but Wang Feng still fell in love with Zhang Ziyi at a glance. Zhang Ziyi, who had a bumpy love road, also quickly sank into the thoughtfulness and talent of mature men.
At first, Zhang Ziyi's mother also disagreed, but Wang Feng was not so easily defeated. He did everything he could to impress Zhang Ziyi and her mother, and finally got the approval of his parents.
In 2013, the two had a high-profile public relationship at a concert. In 2015, Wang Feng threw millions and proposed Zhang Ziyi with a 9.15-carat diamond ring.
For this romantic proposal, Zhang Ziyi agreed without thinking. With a bumpy love history, she finally settled the dust and found her own happiness.
After the two got married, she also treated the daughter born to Wang Feng's ex-wife as her own daughter.
After getting along with this daughter, the two also have their own children, and now the family of five is happy.
After marriage, he also participated in the couple's variety show, and the two were particularly affectionate in the show, and it can be seen that Wang Feng loves Zhang Ziyi very much.
Today's "International Chapter" has both children and husband and wife. After being emotionally happy, Zhang Ziyi started again in her career.
Nowadays, she rarely films, frequently participates in variety shows, and acts as a mentor in variety shows to teach experience to juniors.
She also starred in the TV series after refilming, but this drama was complained about by many people.
Because she is almost forty years old, she plays a teenage girl in the play. Although her face is beautiful and her acting skills are okay, it is really difficult to perform in the state of a girl.
It seems that the international stage is more suitable for the "international chapter". From a student in the Drama School to a wife and mother, Zhang Ziyi has finally achieved a double harvest of career and love.
epilogue
Looking at Zhang Ziyi's journey along the way, you can see that she has encountered a lot and overcome a lot.
Some people think that she will stop at nothing to become famous, and some people like her to be ambitious and powerful. In the end, success can only be achieved when strength is worthy of one's ambitions.
Her journey has not been easy, but her achievements and works can make every Chinese person proud.