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Chapter 307 Carving of the Past
In fact, there was a reason why Chow Yun-fat would say the words "pick up grapes" when asked by Anita Mui at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2001.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was filmed in 1999 and released in 2000.

Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun-fat collaborated in this movie.

During the release of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", a reporter interviewed Zhang Ziyi.

Asked her: "Isn't it an honor to work with the big boss Fa Ge?"

Zhang Ziyi asked the reporter: "Why don't you say it's an honor to work with me and Chow Yun-fat?"

Before this matter, there is a major premise.

Hong Kong actors look down on mainland actors.

When filming with mainland actors, I usually look at people through my nostrils.

Zhang Ziyi obviously felt it during the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but she kept holding back.

As for Maggie Cheung, she is a Hong Kong actress.

Zhang Manyu said: "I can't give Zhang Ziyi advice. At Zhang Ziyi's age, I'm not as smart as her."

The arrogance of treating mainland actors as a joke is self-evident.

Under the premise that high-quality resources in the entertainment industry are limited and everyone is an actor and there is competition, celebrity discord is the norm.

It is normal for Hong Kong artists to look down on mainland artists, especially since it was still 2002. The phenomenon of looking down on mainland artists is even worse.

Zhang Manyu publicly announced that even if she is given one billion, she will never cooperate with Zhang Ziyi again in this life.

When Zhang Ziyi came on stage and hugged Zhang Manyu, Zhang Manyu resisted and even turned away when Liu Dehua was talking to Zhang Ziyi.

Soon, Maggie Cheung and Zhang Ziyi got together again for the movie "2046".

The reason why the well-known Hong Kong actress can swallow this breath is obvious.

In the movie "Hero", Zhang Manyu, who has long been a movie queen, plays the lead female role, and the second female lead is Zhang Ziyi.

And Zhang Ziyi’s momentum is very strong again.
On one side is the arrogant and well-known Hong Kong actress, and on the other side is Zhang Ziyi, who is very realistic and understands that actresses are in a competitive relationship and has already entered the international arena and there is no need to bow down to her.

What happened next made the gap between the two completely severe.

In 2013, Baodao held the Golden Horse Awards Ceremony,

After all, Zhang Ziyi can't control Zhang Yimou. The reason why her scenes were cut out in large numbers must be Zhang Yimou's hand.

After Chow Yun-fat, more than ten years later, Maggie Cheung also embarrassed Zhang Ziyi in person.

After several persuasion by Liu Dehua, he reluctantly called out Zhang Ziyi's name.

At that time, Zhang Manyu was originally invited to play the role of "Sayuri", but Zhang Manyu said that she wanted to give it another thought.

And after that, Zhang Yimou planned to make commercial blockbusters again. Even if he brought back Gong Li, who had a grudge against Zhang Weiping, he would not use a Hong Kong actress.

Then, the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" caused the two to intersect again, so much so that they completely broke up with each other.

After all, the "International Chapter" is an "International Chapter". She was not affected at all. After receiving the trophy from Liu Dehua, she calmly delivered her acceptance speech.

Zhang Manyu "made things difficult" for Zhang Ziyi in public.

But "Hero" is a movie directed by Zhang Yimou, a national teacher, so you have to hold it in even if you feel uncomfortable.

Maggie Cheung and Andy Lau took the stage to present the award for the best leading role. According to the program process, it was Maggie Cheung who should read out the name of the winner. When she saw that the winner was Zhang Ziyi, she refused to call out Zhang Ziyi's name.

However, even though many people are having a holiday, they still put on a show to maintain the scene when facing the camera.

As for the movie "2046", Maggie Cheung's scenes were cut into a mess again.

At the 2001 Academy Awards ceremony, when Chow Yun-fat said the words "pick up grapes", the cameras immediately focused on mainland actress Qin Hailu.

It can be seen that Zhang Yimou is also very angry.

No matter how this sentence is understood, it contains an ironic flavor.

This movie still stars Maggie Cheung as the female lead and Zhang Ziyi as the second female lead.

The conflict between Zhang Manyu and Zhang Ziyi completely broke out.

"Hero" is a 2002 movie. Although Zhang Ziyi was still a newcomer at this time, she had already starred in the Berlin Silver Bear Award-winning film "My Father and Mother", as well as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Rush Hour 2" "Movies such as "Not only have become popular, but they have also entered the international stage.

As for Zhang Manyu and Zhang Ziyi's disagreement, in fact, there was already a conflict between the two when Zhang Yimou was filming the movie "Hero" in 02.

Some entertainment media rushed to interview Zhang Manyu and asked: "As a senior, what do you think of Zhang Ziyi's performance?"

Subsequently, conflicts arose.

The first female lead becomes a special star, and the second female lead becomes the master.

For the two of them to work together again, it is obvious that Maggie Cheung has swallowed her anger after having a large number of scenes deleted from the movie "Hero".

There must be pride.

In addition, Zhang Manyu and Zhang Ziyi are both actresses, so they will compete with each other.

As the female lead, Zhang Manyu will definitely be unhappy when she sees this situation.

However, with the release of the movie, a large number of the female lead Zhang Manyu's scenes were deleted, and it was the second female lead Zhang Ziyi who stole the spotlight.

Subsequently, news of the feud between the two spread all over the place.

When Zhang Ziyi learned that the film was being cast, she went directly to the director and recommended herself, and became an international actress with this film.

Zhang Manyu, who was cut off by Zhang Ziyi, was naturally unwilling to give in. She said in an interview: "I only filmed one movie in two years, and I didn't want to be scolded for making money by selling out the culture of my hometown, so I turned down the invitation to write a memoir."

Although Zhang Ziyi is an extremely realistic and ambitious person, she will also put down her body and face for her ambitions, be adaptable, "sensible", endure hardship, work hard, and work hard and strive for it.

For example, when Li Yu was planning to film "House of Flying Daggers", Zhang Ziyi relied on her clever skills and Zhang Yimou's recommendation to get the role.

Then he worked harder and harder than anyone else in the crew. Li Yu saw these performances and appreciated them.

Therefore, the script was specially adapted for it and the role of Zhang Ziyi was added.

The entertainment industry is a complex, realistic and noisy place.

It was not easy for Zhang Ziyi to reach her current position without the help of her family background.

Nowadays, Zhang Ziyi, who is an international actress, is really pretentious.

But her status is here, and she has the capital to pretend.

When she was a newcomer, she was "well-behaved and sensible" and kept a low profile.

Different statuses correspond to different postures.

When Zhang Ziyi was a newcomer, she at least knew how to stay humble and act small instead of pushing her too hard.

She didn't show off from the beginning, but started to show off after gaining status.

This is unlike some artists who can't help but pretend to be famous just because they are famous.

In fact, also in 2002, Zhang Ziyi was deeply involved in public opinion because of a book.

When Gao Feng died of viral pneumonia, his friend released a biography titled "Past Events, Sculptures, Zhang Ziyi".

The book writes that Zhang Ziyi was Gao Feng's last girlfriend, alluding to Gao Feng's deep love for Zhang Ziyi.

Back then, Zhang Ziyi met music teacher Gao Feng at the dance academy.

The two often stay together, and Zhang Ziyi will accompany her at the summit. This incident caused quite a stir in the school.

After Zhang Ziyi's mother found out, she talked to Gao Feng.

After that, the two parted ways, and Zhang Ziyi was admitted to the Beijing Theater Academy.

He also wrote in the book that Gao Feng has never been in love since then, and his sexual orientation has been criticized by many people.
The appearance of this book caused the matter to be mentioned again.

Regardless of "ruthless", let's talk about a few key points mentioned in the book.

First, Zhang Ziyi is Gao Feng's last girlfriend, which means that Gao Feng had a girlfriend before, and anything about being affectionate is nonsense.

Second, Gao Feng is the teacher.

Otherwise, this scumbag would have to step on a sewing machine.

Then, Gao Feng passed away due to illness, and his good friend even published a book to let Zhang Ziyi take the blame.

In 2002, Zhang Ziyi was already a quite famous actress.

Gao Feng's friend, an unrelated person, published a book about Zhang Ziyi and Gao Feng many years ago, which mentioned taboos between teachers and students, etc.

On the surface, they pretend to complain about Gao Feng, but in fact they just make money by eating steamed buns made of human blood.

After all, Zhang Ziyi was just an inexperienced girl back then, while Gao Feng was a teacher.

A teacher who is a role model seduces students, and Zhang Ziyi, a student, is the victim.

This good friend decided to write such a book and disclose this matter in a way that Gao Feng was grievances. Obviously, he saw that Zhang Ziyi is now a famous star.

At this time, Zhang Ziyi was already an adult.

Now Liu Yifei is following Zhang Ziyi's path step by step. Although Wang Shu is saying that Liu Yifei will become an international actress in the future.

In fact, it is really just a scene.

It is true that Liu Yifei's career was hindered because she refused to apply for Huayi.

However, this is only a small part of the reason why she failed to become an international actress.

The fundamental reason is that she does not have the basic skills of an actor like Zhang Ziyi.

Without enough basic skills, even if Liu Yifei has starred in many movies since then, she is always either on the street or on the way to the street.

Even if she starred in "Mulan", she is far from an international actress.

There is an iconic point in being called an international actress.

That means winning awards at well-known international film festivals, or attracting attention.

For example, Zhang Ziyi entered the international scene early and even got the title of "International Chapter" early on. However, she really became known as an international actress when "Memoirs of a Geisha" was released, and she was shortlisted for the 63rd Film Festival. After the American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama.

In the original timeline, Liu Yifei followed Zhang Ziyi's successful path and took over the filming of the literary film "Peacock" in 2015.

Although she was shortlisted for the leading actress role with this film, the film was only shortlisted for the main competition of the 40th Montreal International Film Festival.

It is far inferior to the three major European awards, and it is also inferior to the American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards.

What's more, she didn't win an award.

And. shortlisted
As long as public relations are in place, it can still be done.

Furthermore, although Zhang Ziyi does not have the three major European awards, she has won all the awards including Volkswagen Baihua, Huabiao, Golden Rooster, Changchun Golden Deer, Golden Horse, and Golden Statue.

Compared with Liu Yifei, there are no awards worthy of her.

International actresses who are truly internationally renowned, in addition to having the resources to push them forward step by step, also need to have excellent basic skills themselves.

Otherwise, it will always be a mirror image.

Wang Shu did not persuade Liu Yifei to calm down and hone her acting skills because Liu Yifei was different from Zhang Ziyi.

Zhang Ziyi got the opportunity based on her basic acting skills, her hard work, hard work, and ability to bend and stretch, and then she went higher and higher.

In short, if Zhang Ziyi does not have these basic skills, no matter how hard she works, she will not get those opportunities.

It was only after she had the basic skills and then went through the training camp that the opportunity fell to her.

Liu Yifei is different.

Even if this person is lying at home doing nothing, Chen Jinfei will still get resources for her.

Zhang Ziyi can only secure resources for herself if she ensures her basic skills.

Liu Yifei is at home and has resources.

People are lazy, and Liu Yifei is now a popular actress.

Since there is no shortage of resources, no one will sweat and work hard.

For example, last year Liu Yifei crossed over into the music field and signed a contract with Sony to release an album.
Admittedly, she did practice business skills related to releasing an album for a period of time.

Then there is no more.

In the original timeline, her singing skills were average even years later.

Compared with the singer, the former is a professional and she is an amateur.

With Liu Yifei's resources, it is not difficult for her to become a professional singer as long as she wants to and is willing to work hard.

The reality is that she is already a popular actress and has no shortage of resources, so there is no need to work hard to practice basic skills.

And the consequence of this is that she is either on the street or on the way to the street.

If it weren't for his thick blood, and the fact that he lives in the United States and rarely has any news about his private life, he would have been buried long ago.

Wang Shu was aware of Liu Yifei's advantages over Zhang Ziyi, so persuading Liu Yifei to hone her acting skills would not only be in vain, but might also make Liu Yifei dissatisfied and offend others.

no need.

In the future, when Liu Yifei makes all sorts of splashes, it’s okay to mention it a little bit.

Now is the period when Liu Yifei is very popular. To mention these things is to say that the popular Liu Yifei is not good at acting.

It's like trying to find fault with others when they are really at their peak.
Anyone would be angry.

Liu Yifei listened to Wang Shu's flattering words, which she liked to hear, and she was happy in her heart, but on the surface she gave Wang Shu a blank look in return.

As Liu Yifei's best friend, Shu Chang offered assistance at this time and said: "Sissi will definitely be able to step onto the international stage in the future. Can such a big star, Director Wang, invite Sissi to participate in movies in the future?"

When Liu Yifei heard this, a slight smile appeared on her face, and the trace of regret in her heart disappeared.

She was embarrassed to mention this herself and needed help from others.

Shu Chang is indeed a good best friend, and she just gave him such help.

After Wang Shu saw Shu Chang say these words, both of them looked over, then smiled and responded: "I will invite you if there is a suitable opportunity in the future."

Anyway, it was just a verbal agreement, not a contract, so he agreed without thinking.

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang took it seriously, and they were instantly happy.

Wang Shu is now a big director, and as actors being able to work with him is a very good opportunity for them.

(End of this chapter)