Back in the summer of 1980, when a loud "start shooting" command fell, Shanghai Film Studio's latest work "Lushan Love" was officially launched.
This is a contemporary romance film produced in accordance with the instructions of the higher authorities to "vigorously develop the film industry". The 22-year-old rookie actor Zhang Yu won the role of the heroine Zhou Yun with the audition, which was her first time as the first heroine.
The movie tells the story of Zhou Yun, a returned overseas Chinese woman, and A Xiang, a young photographer, who met in Lushan, and the two fell in love after a cloud and rain. This was a bold innovation in a society that was still conservative at the time.
Director Huang Zumo instructed Zhang Yu and the actor Guo Kaimin over and over again how to more naturally interpret the youthful and sultry emotional drama between the male and female protagonists.
The movie received a huge response immediately after its release, especially the light kiss exchanged between the hero and heroine on the screen, which caused a thousand waves in the audience. Zhang Yu also learned to Xi acting in films, which was recognized by critics.
Her delicate facial features, delicate smile and passionate performance deeply absorbed the hearts of the audience, and she became the "goddess" in the hearts of fans across the country for a while.
Zhang Yu, who is popular in the entertainment industry, when his career and public attention are at their peak, love also follows. Guo Kaimin, the actor of "Lushan Love", strongly recommended his friend Zhang Jianya to Zhang Yu, saying that he was "deeply fascinated" by Zhang Yu's performance on the screen and hoped to meet him.
Zhang Yu was cautious about the relationship at first, but when the two met for the first time, she couldn't help but be impressed by Zhang Jianya's temperament and appearance - polite, gentle and elegant, and talented, which was the ideal other half in her mind.
The two quickly ignited the fire of love and became the golden boy and girl on the screen. Zhang Jianya pursues Zhang Yu wholeheartedly and takes care of his lover meticulously. In the face of this sincere and warm feeling, Zhang Yu decided to entrust it for life.
In 1984, the two tied the knot, and the romantic and luxurious wedding of Biren became the headline news in the entertainment industry that year. Zhang Yu's career and family have a bumper harvest, and he is praised by everyone as a "match made in heaven".
On the wedding night, Zhang Yu wore heavy makeup and shyly welcomed Zhang Jianya into the cave room, and the two spent a good night.
Just when Zhang Yu was proud of her career and love, standing at the peak of her life, a bold idea sprouted in her heart - give up everything, go to the United States for further study, accumulate steadily, and go to the next level in her acting career.
This idea stems from the inspiration and encouragement of director Xie Fei. Xie Fei had instructed Zhang Yu earlier, her acting skills have reached the highest limit in China, and if she wants to reach new heights, she must "go abroad to sharpen".
At first, Zhang Jianya categorically opposed the idea of his wife leaving. He was reluctant to be separated from his wife, fearing that the relationship would break down if he was in a different place. But Zhang Yu finally embarked on the road of studying in a foreign land without hesitation.
Standing at the airport and watching his wife's back leave, Zhang Jianya couldn't help but redden. And Zhang Yu looked back at his homeland on the plane, and he also had mixed feelings in his heart.
Life in a foreign country was far from as easy as Zhang Yu imagined, she had to work and study to make ends meet, and at the same time, the double pressure of learning Xi language and acting skills made her physically and mentally exhausted.
Late at night, she curled up on a cot in her dormitory, thinking of her family, friends and her homeland. In particular, Zhang Jianya's figure appeared in her mind again and again, bringing tears to her eyes.
Communication between two places. Zhang Yu told her husband about her longing in the letter again and again, but she did not get a timely response, which also made the psychological distance between the two more and more farther.
Finally, various obstacles to long-distance life became a stumbling block to the love between the two, and in 1989, Zhang Yu reluctantly chose to divorce and break up with Zhang Jianya.
In 1993, after studying in the United States for eight years, Zhang Yu finally obtained a master's degree with her unremitting efforts, realizing her original intention of studying abroad Xi. With the longing for a new start in her career, she resolutely chose to return to China for development.
However, from the moment she set foot on her homeland in China, Zhang Yu fell into confusion - she couldn't gain a foothold in this once familiar and changed entertainment industry, she was just an outsider, and a new generation of young idols had already emerged in the industry.
At this time, her ex-husband Zhang Jianya appeared in front of Zhang Yu again. Perhaps out of guilt, Zhang Jianya did everything in his power to help Zhang Yu get back out of the mountain. He raised funds alone and tailor-made a "Mr. Wang's Lust" for Zhang Yu, hoping to reproduce her style back then.
However, after the release of this drama, the response was lukewarm and the box office was dismal. Zhang Yu realized that even with the support of her ex-husband, her dream of reaching the top again was in vain.
Moving behind the scenes was the only way out for Zhang Yu. She has served as a producer and director, and has created several works independently, among which her directorial debut "The Sun Has Ears" is the most eye-catching.
It's just that these works have failed to make a commercial breakthrough, and she gradually gave up the idea of returning to the first-line big screen. Once upon a time, he was a popular resentful couple in the entertainment industry; In the blink of an eye, he is already a marginal person who is difficult to break free.
Fate makes people, Zhang Yu couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Time flies, years change. Once upon a time, Zhang Yu sat under the aura of her peak, and she had no regrets in life, and she was already a white-haired and old woman in a blink of an eye. At the age of 65, she looked back at the peaks and turns of her acting career, and couldn't help but sigh.
As a superstar, she chose to leave her glory and pursue her dreams at all costs, but in the end she paid a terrible price on this long journey - love and family. Now Zhang Yu is alone, even if he does not look old on the outside, he is still faintly tired and lonely when he looks closely.
Many years ago, when she met her ex-husband Zhang Jianya at the airport, Zhang Yu couldn't help but feel ripples in her heart. Facing her still elegant and charming ex-husband, her heartbeat couldn't help but speed up, and it turned out that the memories of this man and them still held her.
However, Zhang Jianya has already had a happy family, and there is no place for her anymore. Regret accompanied by the feeling of loss lingered in his heart for a long time, Zhang Yu understood that everything was like a dream, and he could only find solace in his acting career in this life.
The elegance of those years was the most brilliant time in Zhang Yu's life. But the price of running for your dreams is to spend the second half of your life in loneliness. If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan.