Recently, the powerful actor Zhang Songwen actually "overturned" in the variety show "Splendid Garden".
In the show, Zhang Songwen and the flower seller aunt discussed how to plant plants, and then unabashedly bargained skillfully in front of the camera: "Can you have a little less, I'll buy a little more." ”
After several bargains, the flower seller couldn't help but say, "Why are you so picky?" Zhang Songwen responded with a smile: "I'm really picky." ”
As a result, his behavior was complained by some netizens.
Some netizens said: "Stop setting up poor and sour characters, be generous, the bargaining looks so ugly." ”
In the face of criticism, Zhang Songwen expressed his opinion: "If I don't bargain, I will be very handsome?" As long as I bargain, I am considered poor by you? ”
But for this matter, most netizens said: It is such a sincere and true Zhang Songwen that is more worthy of fans.
In fact, Zhang Songwen's bargaining is not a "set up", he is such a particularly down-to-earth person, he has discussed the price of flowers and plants with netizens in the comment area.
"Splendid Garden" is the first reality show Zhang Songwen participated in, and it is also a slow life variety show tailored for him.
The original intention of participating in this show turned out to be because Zhang Songwen was moving, because the landlord wanted to build a building, and he could only leave the small farm yard in the suburbs of Beijing where he had lived for many years.
This show did not focus on how Zhang Songwen cooked, but focused the camera on his daily life of moving and decorating.
The guests of the show are all Zhang Songwen's friends, Lin Jiachuan, Zhou Yiwei, Ma Jiaqi, etc.
For a long time, Zhang Songwen has been a "poor man" in the entertainment industry.
Some self-media will portray him as a character who loves acting but can't afford to buy a house, but he later posted on Weibo to clarify.
Although the bungalow he rented was rustic but very comfortable, the garden was full of flowers and plants, and his friends liked to go there, and this kind of life gave him a lot of comfort.
He also said in one of his visits:
"I've never felt miserable, and I hope you don't keep writing that I'm miserable.
"Although I don't have a real estate, but I am very happy, not buying a house does not mean that I can't afford it now, as I grow older, (buying a house) this is not in the scope of my thinking, my biggest asset now is to be able to participate in good works, to be recognized by the audience."
Now, he has rebuilt his own garden in the same village, checking every detail with the decorators, and going through it from start to finish after the construction is completed.
All kinds of details reflect his dedication to life.
Whether he buys a house or rents a house, even if he is complained about "picking the door", it does not prevent him from living a simple and enthusiastic life.
And this purity has a lot to do with his growth process.
In 1976, Zhang Songwen was born in Shaoguan, Guangdong.
His father is a soldier, his mother is a country doctor, and although he is not rich, he lives a peaceful and beautiful life.
Like many parents in the previous generation, his father was stern and unrelenting. Fortunately, his mother was gentle, and when he was depressed, she would tell him, "Everything will be in a way." ”
When he was a child, Zhang Songwen liked to observe life, look at the mountains, see the water, see the flowers and see the grass. It seems that at that time, he vaguely understood that everything in the world has its own life and logic, and those logics are interconnected.
I remember one time, Zhang Songwen and his mother went to his grandmother's house, he was too engrossed in the flowers and plants and got lost, and his mother didn't find him until the evening. To his surprise, his mother couldn't hide her anxiety but didn't blame him.
Speaking of which, the love of flowers and plants is related to an uncle Zhang Songwen knew when he was a child.
Because his parents are busy with work, he often plays with an uncle in the movie theater. Under the influence of his uncle, he fell in love with flowers and plants, and also fell in love with movies.
Originally, growing up in love and tolerance, with flowers and plants as companions, and dreams to pursue, Zhang Songwen's childhood was happy.
Unfortunately, when he was 13 years old, his mother contracted liver cancer, and his world changed suddenly.
In order to comfort him, his mother took him to the temple and told him that if he drank the spring water there, he would be cured.
Even though her mother was strong and optimistic, the illness refused to let her go. After more than two years, she is still terminally ill. In order to alleviate his mother's pain, Zhang Songwen would massage her every day and look for herbs everywhere.
He was so afraid of his mother's sudden death that he even had to go to the hospital again and again to make sure his mother was still there. Under the huge psychological pressure, he sometimes can't help but think: When is the end of such a day?
But when that moment came, he began to blame himself again for taking away his mother from his selfish thoughts.
From then on, whenever he felt pain, he went to sleep, and how he wished that when he woke up, none of this was true. It's a pity that after waking up, the pain is more real.
In order to suppress the pain, he desperately kept himself busy.
After graduating from secondary school, he worked many jobs, as a worker, waiter, tour guide...... No matter what he does, he has a serious spirit, and he has also been elected as an excellent tour guide in Guangdong Province.
It wasn't until one day, when someone asked him what his dream was, that he suddenly remembered his dream of filming.
He was afraid that he would regret it, so he immediately bought a plane ticket and flew to Beijing.
That year, he was 24 years old.
After being admitted to the 2000-level Beijing Film Academy Higher Vocational Class, at the age of 25, he became the oldest student in the class. Looking at the 18-year-old faces, he also had low self-esteem to the point of falling into age anxiety.
But he knows that anxiety can't solve his inferiority, and only by redoubling his efforts can he have a chance to realize his dream.
And the first thing he had to conquer was Mandarin. Every day before dawn, he ran to practice "four is four, ten is ten" from the novel Cantonese.
Speaking of which, there's another interesting fact. There was a senior sister who listened to him practice for a month and sighed at his efforts, but she also had to smile and say, "What you said doesn't seem to have changed!" ”
That senior sister is Haiqing.
After that, Zhang Songwen pressed the stone under his tongue and suffered a lot before he practiced Mandarin.
is just limited in appearance, in the past few years in school, Zhang Songwen, who has good acting skills, has never been selected by the director.
Once, the director finally called him out, and he was so happy. Who knows, just let him help find someone.
Although he had had enough of being ignored, Zhang Songwen's self-esteem at that moment was shattered.
I didn't want to be seen that he was just a messenger, so he stood outside alone for a long time, pretending to talk to the other party for a long time and finally didn't talk, and then walked into the classroom lonely.
At that time, he did not know that such loneliness would be with him for more than ten years after that.
When he graduated from university, Zhang Songwen walked out of school with the first grade in his major.
Who knows, he fell into the curse of being unemployed after graduation, and was later able to stay in school as a teaching assistant because of his strong professional ability.
It's just that how can you be a good teacher without acting experience? Coupled with the fact that he couldn't let go of his dream of being an actor, he began to look for opportunities, but he didn't expect to hit a wall everywhere.
In the first year, he was rejected more than 300 times; the following year, 280 rejections; In the third year, 200 rejections.
I remember one time, he and his classmate and friend Zhou Yiwei went to meet the director together, but they were disliked by the other party: he was short, like a dwarf; One lip is too thick, like a sausage mouth.
Who can tolerate being so humiliated? But the sadness of the little people is that they can only continue to endure if they can't bear it.
In the face of everyone's laughter, Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yiwei just smiled awkwardly and fled. But when the two of them entered the elevator, they forgot to press the button.
In those blank minutes, you can imagine how sad and angry they were in their hearts.
There is no income without filming, and in those years, Zhang Songwen lived extremely poor. When he couldn't afford to rent a house, he also thought about simply going back to his hometown, solving the problem of food and clothing before coming back to talk about his dreams.
But the amazing thing is that every time he wants to escape, he gets an interview call.
Although rejection is still the norm, he always tells himself that tomorrow will be fine, just like his mother once told him.
After 3 years, he finally received a small role. Even if it was just a group performance, he had to get to the bottom of it, but he was reprimanded by the director for so much nonsense.
He had to put down his self-esteem, thinking that he could be regarded as an actor if he was a group performer. What's more, in his opinion, no matter how small the role is, it is his own opportunity.
So, even if he is not recognized by the director, every time, he will still have a "philosophical three questions":
How did this character come about? What to do? How?
He can even sketch the character up to 3 years old. As long as you think about it carefully, the character will be plump and you will become a real person.
In this way, in the next ten years, he played eunuchs, doctors, and policemen...... Although it failed to become popular, it enriched his acting career and helped him win opportunities.
Zhang Songwen especially thanked the two directors, one is Liu Weiqiang and the other is Lou Ye.
Because they found in the post-editing that no matter how far away they were, no matter how big or small the character was, they could see Zhang Songwen building his own character.
So, this is why he cooperated with director Liu Weiqiang in "Jingwu Fengyun" and "No Longer Let You Be Lonely", and in 2016, he cooperated with director Lou Ye in "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind".
In order to shoot this drama well, Zhang Songwen specially went to experience life for a month and gained 30 pounds.
Sure enough, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.
In 2019, "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind" was released, and this time, Zhang Songwen, whose acting skills were first-class, was finally seen. The broadcast of "The Hidden Corner" in the next year made him even more popular.
The phenomenal hit drama "Hurricane" directly made Zhang Songwen, who played the big boss "Gao Qiqiang", a top-notch.
After the fire, someone asked him, after so many years of unknown origin, can love really offset the boredom?
He said firmly: "As long as you have a stable place to live, three meals a day, and can cope with daily expenses, love can offset everything." ”
He also talked about how he started chasing his dream at the age of 24, and originally planned to realize his dream in 40 years, but now it has been realized in 20 years, and he is very lucky and grateful.
"People who work hard will definitely be rewarded at some point. It's just that it will stand the test of time. ”
Yes, what about being a late bloomer, don't hesitate to pay, learn to accept, there are answers in the long river of time.
I remember that Zhang Songwen once said that he is a sensitive, nostalgic, and positive person.
In fact, after being tortured by depression for half a life, what finally made him was the courage to face gains and losses.
2016 can be said to be an important turning point in Zhang Songwen's life.
That year, Zhao Yude, the agent who had accompanied him for 8 years, passed away. Zhao Yude has brought out well-known artists such as Zhang Jiahui and Shu Qi.
Because he admired Zhang Songwen, he accompanied him to rent a house, became his agent, and became his friend who talked about everything.
Zhang Songwen once said that Zhao Yude indulged himself for 8 years and let him choose his favorite plays freely.
It wasn't until 2016, when Zhang Songwen was 40 years old, that Zhao Yude "forced" him, hoping that he could be more active, let go of some meaningless persistence, and work hard to realize his dreams.
Zhang Songwen listened to it, but what made him heartbroken was that he had just started, but Zhao Yude passed away.
Perhaps in order to forget the pain and work hard for the dream shared by the two, that year, Zhang Songwen made two good movies. And at many important moments after that, he would wear the yellow jacket that Zhao Yude wore before his death.
Because he wants the other party to climb the high platform of his dreams with him.
Not only that, after Zhao Yude passed away, Zhang Songwen also hung a wind chime in the yard. In fact, after the death of every loved one, he will do so.
Although the wind chimes will remind him of the pain of the death of relatives and friends, it will also tell him that they once existed.
And in order to find traces of their existence, he also did a lot of "stupid" things.
For example, he set up a WeChat group to bring in all the relatives on his mother's side, and everyone reminisced about the past together. From the narration of his relatives, he revisited his mother's love again.
He didn't shy away from the emotions that followed. Because he knows that as an adult, he shouldn't run away, and as an actor, he also needs these truest emotions.
"Actors are not playing technology, but life experience and comprehension."
Fragment of "The Hidden Corner".
In addition to missing the people he lost, Zhang Songwen also cherishes the people around him and cherishes life.
After he became popular, a lot of old news was turned out, in addition to not being able to afford a house, there was also a plan to buy rotten vegetable leaves to eat cheaply.
When his father heard about it, he repeatedly asked him, why did he buy rotten vegetable leaves to eat?
He told his father that it was all many years ago, and he didn't feel bitter. But his father still choked up and said that he regretted letting him be an actor.
In fact, the old father who is close to the age of sixteen and is in the countryside, how does he know what it means to be an actor.
Over the years, my father hasn't watched a few of Zhang Songwen's films, because he doesn't know which station iQiyi is on.
When he was young, he agreed to agree with his son to be an actor because he knew that the path his child chose should be supported. Now seeing that it is so difficult for my son to realize his dream, how can he not be sad. But after the sadness, he still silently supported.
Fortunately, fathers and sons, who are not good at words, now communicate more. His father would send him a precious photo of the two when they were young, and he would also smile and count the past with his father.
What is even more commendable is that Zhang Songwen not only values affection and righteousness to relatives and friends, but also is full of enthusiasm for life.
Although he didn't buy a house when he was over half a hundred years old, he lived a very free life.
In his spare time, he raises flowers and grass, visits the vegetable market, exchanges vegetables with neighbors, communicates eagerly, and feels the temperature of life.
When working, be humble and inclusive; walk the red carpet and give the umbrella to the hostess; Participate in the show as an instructor and encourage young actors to ......
As for the age anxiety that once made him haunted, he has already seen it, and it is not good to take yesterday as an experience, work hard for tomorrow, and live in the present?
Zhang Songwen has a sentence that is particularly good:
"Human life is like this, staggering to a position may not be what you imagined it to be at all."
Yes, people will inevitably be surrounded by some people and things in this life. However, gratitude for what has been gained, acceptance of what has been lost, and a bittersweet life hides the gift of fate.
Resources:
Character: Zhang Songwen A brutal game called "acting".
Southern People Weekly: Zhang Songwen It's all things that can't be stopped
Miss Lan and Miss Huang's official surging account: People | Zhang Songwen: A person has staggered and lived until now
Zhang Songwen's interview video, Weibo
Author: Xue Mo, a free and independent woman, likes to warm her heart with words. The crowd is like the sea, the water is north and the mountains are south, may we all be happy in the world. Source: Marriage and Family Magazine (ID: hunyinyujiating99).
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