Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan probably did not expect that 37 years later, a movie they had acted in would become popular on the Internet.
A sentence of "Lao Xu, do you want a wife" has become a word of mouth "terrier" passed down by fans, and the audience has lamented that the era was really innocent and beautiful.
Of course, the reason why this film can once again resonate with the audience is due to the popularity of short videos on the one hand, and on the other hand, the anxiety and pressure of young people's marriage and love at present.
Afterwards, Cong Shan specifically thanked director Xie Jin on the social platform: It was an era that did not talk about heroes in terms of youthful beauty, and I was lucky.
But most viewers are still very curious, why did the 19-year-old Cong Shan, who became popular with "Wrangler", "disappear" on the screen over the years, and what has she experienced?
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="6" > befriended Xie Jin and became a hit</h1>
In the spring of 1962, Cong Shan was born into an artistic family, and her parents were both Kunqu opera actors.
Due to the "special period", the father was imprisoned, the mother went to the cadre school to study, and the sister went to the countryside, leaving Cong Shan and grandma to rely on each other.
Influenced by the atmosphere of the family environment, Cong Shan likes to sing and dance since she was a child, and has cultivated a "art cell".
However, due to the special encounter of her parents, she has always opposed her daughter to take the road of art, and in 1981, after graduating from high school, Cong Shan still ignored her parents' opposition and resolutely decided to apply for the Central Academy of Drama, and became a classmate with Jiang Wen and Lu Liping.
This year, Xie Jin was preparing to shoot "Wang Zhaojun" and went to the Chinese opera to select actresses. Mixed with a group of classmates, Cong Shan was also eager to try and signed up for the audition.
Originally, there was not much hope, but soon after, Cong Shan received a notice from the studio. But before the film started, for some reason, "Wang Zhaojun" was stranded.
Maybe it was really fate, and soon after, when Xie Jin began to plan for "Wrangler" again, he remembered Cong Shan again. However, when calling the "VIP" of the Chinese opera, it was hindered. According to the regulations of Chinese opera, students are not allowed to participate in film and television dramas in their freshman and sophomore year. Cong Shan had just been in her freshman year, and naturally did not meet the requirements.
Therefore, Xie Jin personally ran to the Chinese opera and persuaded the school leaders.
"Cong Shan's future acting skills will become mature, but that sense of youth is fleeting, and it will be too late!"
But for a Cong Shan who is still a "little white" in the performance, it is also a great challenge to play the female number one Xu Xiuzhi.
The male number one partnered with Cong Shan was Zhu Shimao, who had been debuting for 8 years at that time and had acting experience.
In order to make the two get along better, Xie Jin took Cong Shan and Zhu Shimao to Ningxia to experience life and mingle with the local people. In the play, Zhu Shimao and Cong Shan played a couple, in order to be more in line with the character setting, Xie Jin also instructed Zhu Shimao to invite Cong Shan to dinner and cultivate feelings.
But when shooting, Cong Shan still forgot her words.
"As soon as I saw Mao Ge's chest hair, I was a little scared."
Zhu Shimao told her: This is also no way to do it, don't treat me as a person when you act, just think of me as a wooden stake.
Zhu Shimao's words made Cong Shan cover her mouth with a smile, and the atmosphere eased up a lot.
With the guidance of Xie Jin and the help of Zhu Shimao, Cong Shan successfully completed the performance of the role.
Years later, Cong Shan also said: Xie Jin is my guide and mentor.
After the release of "Wrangler", it was well received, and 19-year-old Cong Shan also became popular, nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress, and was also elected as the "Top Ten Favorite Youth Screen Images" of China Youth Daily with 600,000 votes, ranking first in the voting.
Zhang Ailing said: Becoming famous needs to be early.
However, Cong Shan, who became famous at a young age, did not feel happy, because she was soon greeted by a bunch of "troubles".
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="30" > from big stars to running dragon sets</h1>
After returning to school, Cong Shan will receive letters from all over the country every day, some expressing admiration, some expressing their liking for her role in "Xu Xiuzhi", flowers and aura enveloping her.
But the teacher of the school first poured a basin of "cold water" on her: only acted in a movie, don't drift, you haven't acted in a stage play yet!
The eyes of the students around me are also strange, some are envious, some are jealous.
Under all kinds of pressure, Cong Shan also suffered from depression and often insomnia. After taking Chinese medicine for two years, the condition improved.
In 1983, Cong Shan was again invited by Xie Jin to appear in the movie "Qiu Jin".
During the filming, Xie Jin enlightened Cong Shan, and Cong Shan gradually walked out of the haze of depression.
In 1984, Cong Shan graduated from university and was assigned to work in the China Youth Art Theater. Just after entering the theater, I was hit by another wave.
"Don't think that after acting in a few good movies, you can come in and become a star, you have to be prepared to run the dragon suit."
But gold, everywhere will shine, with the success of the first two films, the directors in the circle also noticed Cong Shan.
In 1985, director Huang Jianzhong threw an "olive branch" to Cong Shan and invited her to star in "Good Family Women", but it is said that the unit does not let Cong Shan go.
In desperation, Cong Shan had to star in the movie in the way of "absenteeism". Finally, the film was a great success after its release, winning the Main Award at the 25th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. But for Cong Shan, it was a huge blow.
After returning to the unit, Cong Shan wrote an inspection and was fined. In the stage play, Cong Shan also fell from a big star to a dragon runner, and in dramas such as "Rubik's Cube", "Red Nose", "Golden Age", etc., most of the roles of running dragon sets were played.
Working in such a working environment, everyone will feel depressed.
In 1987, Cong Shan received a grant from the French government to study at the École Supérieure des Dramatinos and left China. It was also during this period that Cong Shan ushered in her first marriage.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" data-track="46" > a bumpy marriage and fade off the screen for children</h1>
Years later, many fans will still ask Cong Shan a question: Why didn't I rub my feelings with Zhu Shimao when I was filming?
At the same time, some people will ask Zhu Shimao why he did not pursue Cong Shan in the first place.
In fact, Cong Shan had also responded. Zhu Shimao is a big handsome guy, looking at it is inevitable to make people move, the reason why they did not come together, on the one hand, was that they were young at that time, and they did not think about which aspect. Another reason is that Zhu Shimao also had a girlfriend at that time. So, stop above friends and lovers.
Their feelings stay on their friends.
Later, after Cong Shan returned to China, she and Zhu Shimao cooperated in two movies again, both starring as lovers, and each other also became good friends who talked about everything, not relatives, better than relatives.
During his time in France, Cong Shan and actor Shi Liang met unexpectedly, and in a foreign country, they were all Chinese, and it was inevitable that they would rub their feelings.
Soon after, the two entered the palace of marriage.
In 1994, Cong Shan returned to China via Hong Kong and learned that Hong Kong Television was recruiting a host, and Cong Shan also signed up. As a result, he was selected to join Radio Television Hong Kong.
The next year, he also starred in "Jingwumen" with Zhen Zidan, and played the role of "Qi Qiao" in the play. The old woman, with great affection, left a deep impression on the audience.
It was also in this year that Cong Shan gave birth to a son, but because she and her husband Shi Liangju were less and more separated, their feelings were separated, and they eventually parted ways. After the divorce, the child followed Cong Shan back to China.
In 1996, Cong Shan married director Xiao Feng with her children. Xiao Feng is a well-known director in China, who has directed many TV series such as "Year of the Dragon", "Five Suns", "Xiao Ser Autumn Wind", "No One-Way Road Tonight", "The Price of Lies", "Inside and Outside the Siege", "Clouds And Horizontal Heavenly Mountains", "Sweet Female Soldiers", "Fairy Tales of Youth" and so on.
Since marriage, Cong Shan and Xiao Feng have not chosen children anymore, while her ex-husband Shi Liang has remarried and has not yet had children.
During this period, Cong Shan also starred in many film and television dramas, such as: "Unknown Meritorious Service", "Southern Dream", "Ode to the Great River", "Wang Zhaojun" and so on.
In 2008, after 27 years, he also cooperated with Zhu Shimao again in "Two People's Room", starring as a couple.
But after starring in "If Life Deceives You" in 2013, in order to take care of her son, Cong Shan gradually faded out of the screen and put most of her energy on her children.
In Cong Shan's view, filming is important, but children are equally important. After the divorce, Cong Shan took the child alone, due to frequent filming, there was less communication with the child, resulting in less and less talk and more contradictions between mother and son.
In the end, I made up my mind: give up acting and accompany my children to grow up.
Swings and roundabouts. Less filming, more with children, contradictions and estrangement are gradually reduced, carefully calculated, Cong Shan's son is also 22 years old, studying film and television choreography in France.
Life always has to face some difficult choices, 37 years of popular Cong Shan, and ordinary people, to make a choice between acting career and family, she chose the latter.
The warmth and cold in it may only be felt by those who are in it. Happiness, or bitterness, cold and warm self-knowledge.
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