Zhao Wei, the impressive little swallow in the TV series "Huan Zhu Gege", was once everyone's favorite youth idol. But behind the day-to-day diva are scandals such as pro-Japan, beatings, and stock market manipulation. From the collective memories of a generation to the rats crossing the street that everyone shouted at, what did Zhao Wei experience?
In 1976, Zhao Wei was born in an ordinary intellectual family, her father was an engineer, and her mother was a music teacher in an elementary school. When she was a child, Zhao Wei had an independent personality, often cooked three meals by herself and took care of her own life. She also has an older brother, and the two have lived in her grandmother's house since childhood.
When she was in the second grade of primary school, her parents began to instill Zhao Wei's idea of independent thinking, and every time she came home from school, Zhao Wei would make her own meals, and then wait for her parents to come home from work. This situation lasted for a long time, and the neighbors called Zhao Wei "someone else's child". When she was a child, Zhao Wei was a female man who liked to play with boys and even wore boys' clothes.
When Zhao Wei was in elementary school, she was a "campus bearer". Once, a boy bullied Zhao Wei and was ready to find someone to surround her after school. Zhao Wei not only did not tell the teacher, but also prepared a small iron throwing stick and put it in her bag. As soon as those boys saw Zhao Wei take out their weapons, they immediately slipped away. Since then, Zhao Wei has become famous in school, and classmates will come to her to decide if they are bullied.
In junior high school, Zhao Wei gradually became a typical girl, liked acting, and often represented the school to participate in various cultural performances. After graduating from junior high school in 1991, Zhao Wei chose the preschool teacher major of the local Wuhu Normal School under the recommendation of her teacher. Although she studied education, Zhao Wei is still enthusiastic about acting, and often represents the school to participate in various report performances.
In 1993, 18-year-old Zhao Wei was selected by director Huang Shuqin to play a small role in the movie "Painting Soul", and performed on the same stage with Gong Li, who became a popular actress. This is Zhao Wei's screen debut.
After starring in this movie, Zhao Wei's determination to follow the film became more firm. In 1994, Zhao Wei entered the Department of Performance of Shanghai Normal University. During college, she worked hard and participated in the graduation production film "Daughter Valley" under the arrangement of her teachers, serving as the female number two.
In 1998, when Zhao Wei was a sophomore majoring in acting at the Beijing Film Academy, she was selected by director Qiong Yao and played the heroine Xiaoyanzi in the hit drama "Huan Zhu Gege". This role made Zhao Wei's popularity soar and she was successfully nominated for Best Actress at the TV Golden Eagle Award that year.
Since then, Zhao Wei has made great progress in the entertainment industry, starring in "Deep Rain" in 2000 and winning the Top Ten Actor Award; In 2001, he cooperated with Stephen Chow in "Shaolin Football", which was a great success; In 2002, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Unparalleled in the World". It can be said that this period is the peak of Zhao Wei's acting career.
But the good times did not last long. In 2001, Zhao Wei was photographed wearing clothes with the symbol of Japanese localism on the cover of the American magazine Vogue, which caused an uproar.
Public opinion one-sidedly criticized Zhao Wei for being pro-Japanese and humiliating China. Survivors of the Nanjing Massacre also signed a joint condemnation. Under the pressure of national emotions, Zhao Wei had to publicly apologize on social media, claiming that she did not know the meaning of the pattern. But an apology did not quell public anger. This incident directly caused Zhao Wei's popularity to plummet, and film and television resources plummeted.
In 2004, Zhao Wei and her friend Zou Xue fought in a company business dispute, and asked the driver to beat Zou Xue, who was pregnant. This scandal of beating pregnant women once again made Zhao Wei notorious.
In 2007, Zhao Wei was suspected of harassing the founders of the website Wan Hui and Wu Leshui through various means, leading Wu Leshui to commit suicide in Japan. Zhao Wei denied the allegations, but under the pressure of public opinion, she still named her daughter "Leshui", which was criticized.
Due to the setback of her film career, Zhao Wei began to switch to the business world. She is married to entrepreneur Huang Youlong and relies on her husband to accumulate contacts and resources in the business world.
In 2014, Zhao Wei earned 4.4 billion yuan by manipulating capital in just one year by investing in Alibaba shares and cashing out through allotments, known as the "female version of Buffett".
Later, Zhao Wei and his wife were found by relevant departments to manipulate the stock market and spread false information for profit. Huang Youlong had to retire from the business world.
Due to the blockade of the film industry, in 2014, Zhao Wei turned to direct her first film "To Our Dying Youth", which achieved great success.
However, the good times did not last long, and Zhao Wei signed a contract with Taiwanese artists in her company, which once again caused criticism. Although the Communist Youth League directly named and criticized, Zhao Wei still went her own way. This led to a national boycott of her second film, No Other Love, before its release.
From the hot little swallow to the rat crossing the street that everyone shouts at, Zhao Wei's transformation is suffocating. It may be that he believes too much in his own strength, or it may be that the morality of the entertainment industry has declined, Zhao Wei has completely abandoned the bottom line, and her confusing behavior many times is incomprehensible. Its scandals have long overwhelmed the acting skills, contrary to the image accumulated in the early years.
In contrast, most of the other actors in "Huan Zhu Gege" are relatively low-key, focusing on their acting careers and actively transmitting positive energy. This also makes people think that actors must establish correct cognition and values, and cannot get lost in Vanity Fair.
Public figures should lead by example and spread positive energy. Unlike Zhao Wei's kitsch pandering, an actor with a sense of social responsibility and not forgetting traditional virtues can win the respect of the audience. What do you think about this?