On an autumn day in 1957, Zhang Yu was born into a scholarly family in Shanghai. The parents had high hopes for this lovely and intelligent little girl, hoping that she would be able to read and write in the future and become a quiet and elegant lady.
Zhang Yu is an introvert and likes to read quietly by herself or walk in the garden of her home. Her favorite place to go is to the Shanghai Film Studio, where there is a small screening room where some trial films are often screened.
Zhang Yu would find a quiet corner and sit there quietly enjoying the story on the screen. Gradually, she germinated her dream of becoming a good actress, able to integrate herself into different lives and experience all kinds of emotions.
When he was 16 years old, a director came to Zhang Yu's school to select new actors, and Zhang Yu sat in the audience, watching the director ask questions to the students on stage. Suddenly, the director looked at her and came over to ask her if she was interested in acting.
Zhang Yu was a little nervous and uneasy, but still mustered up the courage to say that he wanted to be an actor. The director saw that her facial features were delicate and her demeanor was quiet, so he gave her a small role as a follower.
Although that movie was not successfully released in the end, this became Zhang Yu's first opportunity on the road to acting, and it also strengthened her determination to become an excellent actor.
After graduating from junior high school, Zhang Yu entered the Shanghai Film Studio and officially began his career as an actor. In the beginning, she could only take on some small roles, and the salary was very low.
But she didn't complain at all, she just worked harder to study her acting skills and actively consulted senior actors. Under their guidance, Zhang Yu gradually mastered basic acting skills, and was also recognized by the director and colleagues.
After several years of hard work, she finally had the opportunity to start playing some supporting roles and gradually make a name for herself in the film industry. The girl who aspired to be an actress at the age of 16 is realizing her dream step by step.
In 1979, Zhang Yu was given an important opportunity to perform. A large-scale historical drama "Lushan Love" entered the stage of preparing for filming, and the director found Zhang Yu and provided her with the role of Zhou Yun, the heroine in the play.
This is Zhang Yu's first time as the lead actress, and she is both excited and nervous. What made her feel even more stressed was that there was a kiss scene between her and the male protagonist in the script. In those conservative days, it was undoubtedly challenging.
Zhang Yu hesitated to give up the role, but eventually mustered up the courage to accept the challenge.
On the day of filming, Zhang Yu was so nervous that his hands and feet were weak. If NG is too many times, will she be replaced by the director? The first time she played against the scene, she made frequent mistakes, and if it wasn't for the staff to mention it, she was afraid that she would have to shoot all day.
Although the actor Guo Kaimin seems calm on the surface, he is already nervous to the point of stomach pain in his heart. But it is such a youthful performance, which integrates the personality of the characters in the play, and finally won the approval of the director.
After many rehearsals, Zhang Yu finally let go of herself, and the kiss scene was successfully completed.
This "Lushan Love" was an unprecedented success, and Zhang Yu became famous in one fell swoop, known as the "national goddess of first love". The audience was impressed by her and Guo Kaimin's youthful and beautiful screen performance, calling them a screen couple.
Zhang Yu also won a number of Best Actress awards that year for this work. While his career reached its peak, Zhang Yu was not complacent. She knows that there is still a lot of room for improvement in her acting skills, and she must continue to work hard to repay the audience's support with better works.
This became the motivation for her to continue to struggle on the road of acting.
During the filming of "Lushan Love", Zhang Yu and the actor Guo Kaimin became close friends. The two not only cooperate tacitly in the crew, but also often eat, walk, and chat together in private, becoming the "golden partner" on the screen.
Guo Kaimin gradually fell in love with Zhang Yu in his heart, but he never mustered up the courage to confess his heart to her. He was worried that his reckless move would ruin their current friendship, or that Zhang Yu would not accept his intentions at all.
Zhang Yu was also gradually attracted by Guo Kaimin's sunny personality. When she was with him, she couldn't help but have her heart racing and her face flushed. But she can't be sure if Guo Kaimin has more feelings for her than a friend, if she confesses, but the other party can't accept it, how embarrassing it will be.
So Zhang Yu just hid his growing feelings, and the relationship between the two stayed in an ambiguous stage.
Just when everyone thought that they would change from work partners to life partners, a sudden scandal shattered this beautiful expectation. Some fans of Zhang Yu impersonated her name and corresponded frequently with well-known athletes.
The athlete mistakenly thought that the other party was Zhang Yu himself, and the two exchanged letters to express their love. It wasn't until the truth was revealed that he realized that he had been deceived, and Zhang Yu himself didn't know him at all.
This oolong drama made Guo Kaimin and Zhang Yu cry and laugh.
Thus, the delicate relationship between them also stopped. Guo Kaimin no longer had the courage to confess, and Zhang Yu gave up the idea of taking the initiative due to various concerns.
The only time in their youth that they were ambiguous stayed in a short period of good memories, which did not sublimate into solid love, and left them with only uncertain regrets. Many years later, Zhang Yu recalled that sweet and bitter girlhood, and her heart was still mixed.
The ambiguity between Guo Kaimin and Zhang Yu failed to bear fruit after all, and Zhang Yu's other marriage is quietly kicking off. A friend introduced Zhang Yu to the young director Zhang Jianya, and wanted to ask him about the performance experience of Jiao Huang, a senior in the industry.
Zhang Jianya and Jiao Huang have a very good personal relationship, and they sincerely want to help Zhang Yu, who is still growing. After several meetings and exchanges, Zhang Jianya was gradually attracted by Zhang Yu's lively and lovely personality and decided to confess his heart to her.
In 1984, they were officially registered as husband and wife. At the beginning, Zhang Yu and Zhang Jianya's married life was sweet and happy. The two are like-minded and can talk until late at night.
Zhang Jianya wholeheartedly supported Zhang Yu's acting career, and Zhang Yu also encouraged Zhang Jianya to bravely realize his dream of being a film director. The sweetness of the newlywed made the two temporarily ignore the differences in the development of the film and television industry, and they both thought that such a happy life would last.
However, the good times did not last long, and Zhang Yu's acting career began to decline a few years after marriage. She couldn't adapt to the changes in the film market, and the response to the scripts she chose several times was mediocre.
And Zhang Jianya's career has skyrocketed, and the movies he directed have become box office guarantees. Gradually, Zhang Yu's declining status in the family also severely hit her self-confidence.
In order to start anew, she decided to go to the United States alone to study and Xi.
Life in a foreign country is much harder than you imagined. Language barriers, racial discrimination, and lack of funds, Zhang Yu has experienced various hardships in the United States. The contact between her and Zhang Jianya gradually decreased, and the correspondence between the family letters became more and more divided, and the distance in her heart was gradually widened.
Three years later, the two finally met in the United States. But this reunion after a long absence did not bring surprises, but made the two recognize the problems of this marriage. After returning to China, Zhang Jianya filed for divorce, and although Zhang Yu was reluctant, he still agreed.
The breakdown of love also ended their short married life.
After the divorce, Zhang Yu chose to return to China to develop her career. She has re-starred in several TV series and movies in hopes of reviving. But after several attempts, Zhang Yu was shocked to find that he could no longer keep up with the changes in the current entertainment market.
The audience's aesthetics and expectations are rapidly changing, and the way she performs is still stuck in the past. After hitting a wall many times, Zhang Yu fell into a low period of self-doubt.
Just when she was disoriented, her ex-husband Zhang Jianya reached out to help. He had a hip-hop youth movie on hand, so he asked Zhang Yu to play the supporting role of the heroine's mother.
At first, Zhang Yu was hesitant to accept help from her ex-husband, but finally decided to look at work and feelings separately. To her surprise, this innovative film was a blockbuster and her character was loved by the audience.
A successful attempt rekindled Zhang Yu's hope to continue her career. Maybe I shouldn't stick to the same thing, but keep up with the times and adapt to new trends. With her rich acting experience and network resources, she decided to transform into a TV producer.
Soon, Zhang Yu set up his own studio and began to invest in and produce some TV series with novel themes. The youthful energy of these works is very different from the style of her film career, but they are very popular with young audiences.
The success of the transformation production has allowed Zhang Yu to see a broader development prospect. She expanded her studio business to films, online dramas and other fields, and stepped into real estate, equity investment and other industries.
Her career has reached new heights, and she is confident to continue her new journey in life. Although her love life has been in a slump since then, Zhang Yu does not regret her efforts and choices over the years.
Because it's the path she decided on her own, and it's also a revelation story of an actor's successful transformation into a producer.
Zhang Yu's life story is a sudden rise to fame, and the long road to pursuing her dreams. In 1979, at the age of 22, she became famous with the movie "Lushan Love" and was known as the "national goddess of first love".
However, the peak moment of acting is fleeting, and after the breakthrough success, Zhang Yu faces more challenges. Her marriage broke down and her career went up and down, but she didn't give up, but continued to bravely pursue her acting dream.
In the 80s, Zhang Yu sat on the throne of the actress with one popular movie after another. However, she soon discovered that a moment of fame and praise was not enough, and how to maintain her position in this competitive circle required more long-term efforts.
So at the peak of her career, she resolutely chose to give up the opportunity in front of her and go to a strange country to study and Xi. Because Zhang Yu understands that only by constantly learning Xi new acting skills can he go further on the road of acting.
The bitterness and sweetness of foreign life made Zhang Yu see the vastness of this world. After returning to China, she continued to crawl in the film and television industry, but she also increasingly felt that she was gradually distancing herself from the rapidly changing environment.
When she was the saddest, she once wondered if she had failed in her acting career. But Zhang Yu did not give up her dream, she bravely tried to transform into a producer, and continued to pass on her love for theater behind the scenes.
After the transformation, Zhang Yu succeeded again, and every work she worked on has a good reputation. The second peak of her career strengthened her pursuit of acting.
As the famous song goes, "You're still young, you're still longing, you're still on the road!". Now 66-year-old Zhang Yu is still chasing the dream of the girl who aspired to become an actor at the age of 16.
It has accompanied her through fame and ups and downs, marriage and breakdown, and rebirth again and again. Life is a long road, and dreams never stop.
Zhang Yu's story reflects an actor's love for the vitality of performing arts, and also shows future generations that success and failure are only one stage in the journey of life, and what really matters is the pure heart that does not change its original intention.
The original dream is still there, and the road will get better and better. Zhang Yu's life story is embarrassing, and her experience also inspires us to think about it in life.
A lot of times, life is a matter of choice. Choose to take on a difficult role and step out of your comfort zone, choose to leave the peak of your career to pursue new promotions, and choose to dissolve an unhappy marriage.
Zhang Yu's choice may not be satisfactory, but she has lived her life bravely after all. We also need to know how to make choices that allow us to grow, and not to passively follow the crowd forever.
There are also missed again and again. Miss the confession of ambiguous love, miss the opportunity to adjust in time to find the relationship, and miss the last time to reunite with the important person.
But missing out is destined to be a part of life, and we shouldn't be bothered by past regrets. Xi must learn to open your heart and continue to live in order to gain new opportunities.
Finally, Zhang Yu's loneliness at the age of 66 also resonates. The people she loved are a thing of the past, and the peak of her career is gone. But she didn't give up and still insisted on her love for acting, which is admirable.
We also need to keep a positive attitude at the low point of our lives. After the storm, the blue sky will still come. I believe that the road ahead will definitely get better and better.
Zhang Yu's story reflects the ups and downs of ordinary people's growth. Her experience inspires us to cherish the present, live positively, never forget the original intention, and face the sun, then every stage of life will be fulfilled.