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"Lao Xu, do you want a wife, as long as you open Chrysostom, I will send it to you immediately."
When Zhu Shimao heard this, he hurriedly refused: "Oh, why are you here again?" I said no, I don't want it. ”
But the next sentence surprised him, "Lao Xu, are you sure you really don't want it?" I saw the camera turn, and Cong Shan appeared beside Zhu Shimao.
This is a scene from a short video posted by Zhu Shimao on social media on January 10, 2020, and this classic line is from the "Wrangler" by the two.
Cong Shan became the dream lover of countless men with this movie, but she ran to France at the peak of her career, changed her nationality, and returned to the public eye with a son 9 years later...
became an instant hit with "Wrangler".
When Cong Shan was still in school, she was caught by director Xie Jin and invited her to participate in the movie, but in order to ensure the students' studies, the Chinese opera at that time did not allow them to go out to film.
Xie Jin had to find an old friend from the Chinese opera, and reluctantly agreed to release him, and that year, Cong Shan was only 19 years old.
Before the filming of the movie, Cong Shan played a hard-working rural woman, and in order to get closer to the role, the director arranged for her to go to Ningxia in advance to experience life.
There, Cong Shan stayed up close with the women who had fled the desert in Sichuan, observing how they did the housework, and during that time she often worked with the workers.
She lost nearly ten pounds in just one week, and there were many blisters on her hands, but the hardships she endured were also rewarded, and the movie is still talked about, and Cong Shan also gained a close friend because of this drama.
There are a lot of rivalry scenes with Zhu Shimao in the play, plus Cong Shan is 8 years younger than him, so he takes special care of Cong Shan when he is on the set, and there are many people in the crew who are optimistic about the two.
But Zhu Shimao had a fiancée at the time, even if the relationship between the two was good, they only stayed in the play, and after the movie was filmed, the two agreed to have the opportunity to cooperate next time and became close friends.
Cong Shan went on to go back to school to complete her studies, and with the broadcast of the movie "Wrangler", she became a household name as an actress.
was also named the "No. 1 Beauty in the East" at that time, and she was the dream lover of countless men, but as her popularity grew, it brought her a lot of pain.
There are often reporters who run to the school to look for her, and they will meet her wherever they go, followed by an interview and a photo shoot, which seriously affected Cong Shan's campus life, and her classmates began to alienate her.
What's even more uncomfortable is that even the teachers at the school began to target her, they felt that it was just a movie, and it was nothing remarkable, and Cong Shan's reputation in the school made them a little dissatisfied.
Cong Shan had no choice, her heart was full of grievances and no one told her, and such a long time of holding back made her body have problems.
I also suffered from rheumatic joints, and I have been taking medicine, and my whole state is very poor before graduation.
She thought countless times that if she hadn't made a movie, maybe she would have had a very happy college life, and almost suspected that she was suffering from depression for a while.
After graduation, she was assigned to the Youth Art Theater, thinking that she could redevelop in a different environment, but she didn't expect to be given a disappointment as soon as she went.
The leader reminded her that she might be sought after outside, but in the theater she was just a newcomer, so she could only play tricks in the theater and could not be proud.
But such a huge gap made it difficult for her to accept for a while, but in the past few years in the theater, she did learn a lot of knowledge, and then filmed several classic works one after another, but she was never able to surpass "Wrangler".
French citizenship in France
When she received a scholarship from the French government, she immediately decided to study abroad, to change to a place where she did not know her, and fantasized that everything could start over, but the results were often unsatisfactory.
The biggest challenge for her in France was the language, and she spent up to five hours a day learning French and regaining her role as a student.
Cong Shan also gradually fell in love with the satisfaction of constantly absorbing knowledge from the beginning, and this study time can be regarded as making up for the lack of good times in college.
The only regret she felt was that she didn't finish her studies in France, but she didn't get nothing either.
At that time, Cong Shan's "Women from a Good Family" was released in France, and the distributor came to invite her to participate in the event and communicate face-to-face with the French audience, and gradually she also gained some popularity.
Later, she met a French-Chinese actor, and the two got married in a low-key manner, and gave birth to a handsome son after marriage, and Cong Shan's nationality quietly became French.
It's just that this marriage didn't last long, and the two divorced, and even over there, she could occasionally get film appointments, but as she grew older, she still had the idea of returning to China.
Return to China and re-develop
In this way, she stayed in France for 9 years, took her son on the plane back to China, and after returning to China, in order to make money to raise her son, she re-entered the entertainment industry to develop, but found that time had already passed.
Because she has been away for too long, Cong Shan is no longer well-known in China, and she can only rely on her previous connections to play some supporting roles in the play.
Even if she can only be a foil in the play, Cong Shan did not give up on herself, she still tried her best to perfectly interpret the character image, but just when her career gradually improved, her son had some problems.
Cong Shan is busy with work all day long, and it is inevitable that she is a little negligent about her son's study and life, and when the child reaches puberty, in addition to eating and dressing and studying every day, he also needs the care of his family psychologically.
Because of her lack of experience, she often quarreled with her son when she disagreed, so she made a major decision, that is, to give up acting.
For a mother, the child is more important than anything, Cong Shan also thinks so, so she gradually disappeared from everyone's sight, and what gave her the courage to make this decision was inseparable from the man who supported her behind her.
When Cong Shan returned to China and made a difficult comeback, she met director Xiao Feng, and played some roles in many film and television works directed by him.
Gradually, the two also developed feelings for each other, at first Cong Shan was worried that the other party would not accept his child, but as the contact time increased, Xiao Feng was not only very good to himself, but also very patient with his son.
She also put aside the doubts in her heart and married Xiao Feng, the life of the two after marriage is very low-key, the male protagonist and the female protagonist, the only regret may be that they failed to have a crystallization of love.
After the child grew up, Cong Shan still couldn't let go of her career that she had worked hard for many years, so with the support of her husband, she entered the showbiz again to film, but unlike in the past, many fans watched her works but didn't recognize her.
In December 2022, with the broadcast of the TV series "County Party Committee Compound", there are many funny clips of clips in the play on the Internet, and one of them has attracted everyone's attention.
When the male protagonist played by Hu Ge visited his parents for the first time, he was blinded by his mother-in-law, and the actor of his mother-in-law was Cong Shan, who had made a comeback.
In the play, in order to get closer to the role, Cong Shan wore an elderly flower shirt, and an old curly hair appeared in front of everyone's eyes, but everyone didn't pay attention to her acting skills, but the change in her appearance was complained.
Some netizens even said that they still recognized her voice when they heard it, and the changes in her face were so great that she couldn't recognize it, and for a while, Cong Shan was questioned about going for medical aesthetic plastic surgery.
But Cong Shan is old after all, she is 61 years old, she has experienced the ups and downs of life, and it is acceptable for her appearance to change.
Earlier, she and Zhu Shimao interacted on the Internet, and from her dress, it can still be seen that she is a delicate little old lady. And everyone didn't recognize it in the play, it should be for the role, and they deliberately put on makeup.
Cong Shan also occasionally shares her life on her Douyin account, and it can be seen that she still shines in her favorite performances.
epilogue
On June 1, 2023, Cong Shan posted a message wishing her son a happy holiday, she looked happy in the photo, and the son next to her has also grown up and is very handsome.
Although filters have been added to the photo, Cong Shan's face is still much older, and her hair is gradually graying, and many fans said in the comment area that they still miss Cong Shan when they filmed "Wrangler".
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Sources from:
Xingyue Dialogue's official report on February 23, 2020 on "Cong Shan: Most of my first half of my life was 'unconscious'".
Phoenix Entertainment reported on April 23, 2015 that "Zhu Shimao's "Fun Club" revealed that the directorial level was once beaten "failed" by Pan Changjiang
Beijing Evening News reported on January 11, 2020 on "Cong Shan: The post-90s generation likes "Wrangler" and shocks me".
CCTV International's report on April 21, 2005 on "Stage Sisters" (April 23) Guest: Cong Shan".
Douyin account (Cong Shan) on June 1, 2023 about "You are growing, I am aging. Happy Juneteenth! video
Douyin account (Zhu Shimao) on January 10, 2020 about "Come and send me a wife again? video