In the entertainment industry, there is such an actor, and many people affectionately call him "Monk Wei".
Speaking of this title, it also stems from a role he plays.
In a TV series "Bright Sword", he played a guard who was supposed to die on the battlefield, but was tragically killed by bandits.
Many viewers lamented and regretted the death of this character in the play, and it was difficult to let go.
It is also through this role that many people get acquainted with Zhang Tong, the actor of the guard in the play.
At this time, he was only 24 years old, and his future in the entertainment industry was bright.
However, just when he could show his ambitions, he had the idea of committing suicide.
So, why did he want to end his life when he should have a good life?
In fact, this also stems from his tragic and dark experience ......
* "Hunger" Speaking of the experience of eating **, it also stems from his rebellion.
After graduating from high school, he was admitted to Nankai University with excellent grades to study computer science.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is definitely a proper scholar with a bright future.
However, this rebellious teenager is destined to break the stability and go off the beaten path.
Do you have a direction for your own life values?”
A professor's inquiry disturbed the teenager's heart.
Faced with the major he studied, he felt lost and at a loss, and asked his heart countless times: Do you really like this major?Do you really want to pursue this profession in the future?
After much deliberation, he decisively made a decision that would change his life.
That is to give up the current major and study acting instead.
Just do it, despite the opposition of his family, he resolutely chose to go to France to pursue his dream of acting.
In this way, he began his journey to study in France with full of enthusiasm.
However, after all, foreign countries are not as good as at home, far from home, studying abroad alone is destined not to be smooth sailing.
After arriving in France, he was successfully admitted to the acting department of the French Drama School and officially began to study acting.
However, at this time, he only considered pursuing his dream of acting, but ignored the high tuition fees.
This made his path to study difficult, and it was difficult for him to persevere.
In order to continue to study acting, he began to save money, work part-time to earn money, and lived an embarrassing life.
Due to the cheapness of foreign countries, he once relied on eating ** to make a living.
It's hard to imagine how he got through this difficult life
However, one must always learn to pay for the frivolity of youth.
Whenever his parents were concerned about his life, he always endured the pain in his heart and conveyed good messages to them.
Don't worry, I'm fine abroad. ”
Maybe he doesn't want his parents to worry, but he knows that he must stick to the decisions he makes, no matter how hard and difficult life is.
In this way, he gritted his teeth and successfully survived the graduation with tears in his eyes, and returned to China with full ambitions.
However, after returning to China, his situation did not improve, but fell into an embarrassment again.
Career "bright sword".
He overestimated his academic qualifications and ignored the cruel and unforgiving reality.
He didn't know that in the development of the entertainment industry, the most important thing is acting skills, contacts and resources.
Although he has the experience of studying abroad, he has no actual acting experience in China.
This is very bad for him.
So, without connections and resources, he could only start doing chores and tricks in the crew.
At first, he played some stand-ins and supporting roles with few scenes, and there was no improvement.
Seeing that his career was stagnant, he had no choice but to take the initiative, going back and forth to various crews, submitting his resume, and recommending himself to the director.
It wasn't until two years later that a crew accepted his resume, and his acting career began to take a turn for the better.
In 2004, a crew member sent him to an interview after receiving his resume.
After receiving the invitation, he was overjoyed and secretly decided: he must work hard to pass the interview.
So, he began to read the script hard, studied the personality traits of the characters, and finally won the role of the guard through excellent performance.
It was also through this role that many viewers knew his name for the first time.
However, after this TV series, he also came into contact with several TV series, but the filming did not go well.
Some directors even mocked him: I don't know how to act at all!
This caused him to fall into deep self-doubt and suffer from depression at one point.
He has long lost the self-confidence he had at the beginning, and he feels very confused about the future.
I want to jump off the building, so let's go. ”
The setbacks and blows in his career made him want to leave this cruel world.
Fortunately, he also had a gentle and kind girlfriend Guan Siting by his side, who pulled him back from the gate of hell.
If you jump, I'll jump with you!”
Seeing his girlfriend's firmness, he instantly sobered up: death does not solve everything.
So, accompanied by his girlfriend, he began to go to the hospital to see a psychiatrist, actively adjust his psychological state, and gradually recovered.
Only in times of trouble can we see the truth, and there is nothing more to life than having a confidant lover.
After this incident, his relationship with his girlfriend became sweeter and more affectionate, and they joined hands as husband and wife for the rest of their lives.
As the saying goes: start a family first, then start a business.
With the encouragement and support of his lover, he regained his confidence and decided to start over.
But this time, he is no longer the same impetuous appearance as he was at the beginning.
I want to live my true self, stay true to my heart, and respect others. ”
He has long looked down on the fame and profit of the entertainment industry, and decided to concentrate on studying acting skills, just to play every role well.
After that, he began to star in some war dramas with patriotic themes and began his journey as a soldier.
In 2016, he starred in a TV series in which he played an army division commander.
It was precisely with this role that the flame of his acting career burned.
Calm and elegant, heroic and fearless, rough on the outside but delicate on the inside......”
With his delicate acting skills, he portrayed the words and deeds of the teacher in the play very vividly, which feasted the eyes of many audiences.
And he also won the Feitian Actor Award for this role.
Perhaps it was years of hard work that finally paid off, and at the award ceremony, he was excited.
Although it is only a few short sentences, it exhausts the bitterness behind his success.
Since then, with the blessing of awards, he is no longer an unknown person in the entertainment industry.
In 2021, he achieved another great result.
In the TV series "Awakening Age", he played a patriot "Li Dazhao".
Let many viewers see another side of him.
However, in order to play this role well, he has put in a lot of hard work.
Because he plays a historical figure, his words and deeds in the play represent the image of a great man, and a little carelessness will have a bad impact on the image of a great man.
So, he consulted a large number of relevant materials, carefully studied Mr. Dazhao's works, and also made video documentaries to figure out the real world in the hearts of the characters.
In this way, with his own efforts and solid acting skills, he brought the audience a talented, passionate, and righteous "Dazhao" image.
As soon as the TV series was broadcast, it was full of praise.
It's so well acted!”
His acting skills were once again recognized by the audience.
In the face of the audience's praise, he was never proud and complacent, but grateful.
I am very grateful that everyone remembered an actor named Zhang Tong through this role, and this honor should belong to Mr. Dazhao. ”
In his view, these must be a kind of commemoration and remembrance of patriotic martyrs.
Perhaps the image of "Dazhao" is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and since then, many crews have asked him to play Mr. "Dazhao".
However, he only accepted the invitation of two crews, and the rest of the crew were politely declined.
So, why did he make such a choice?
It turned out that he had selfish intentions.
Since the image of Mr. Dazhao played before was incomplete, he wanted to continue this role with the help of these two film and television works and present a complete character to the audience.
He has always been an actor with his own unique ideas about acting, and he doesn't follow the crowd.
In addition to the film and television industry, he is also involved in the drama industry.
In 2021, he moved to the drama circle and started his journey of drama performance.
As the saying goes, excellent people can break out of their own world.
In a drama, he played an excellent youth representative Yang Liqing.
Although there was a TV series version of "Yang Liqing" before, he still performed a distinctive drama version of "Yang Liqing".
Of course, behind the success of this role, it is inseparable from his efforts.
In order to play this role well, he practiced his lines hard every night, memorized the stage steps, and constantly polished the role, and finally grinded out a "Yang Liqing" little by little.
In October of the same year, he participated in the drama "Live Broadcast of the Founding Ceremony", playing an engineer and gaining different experiences.
At the rehearsal site, he always stood silently on the sidelines, learned from his predecessors, and learned a lot of relevant knowledge about the drama stage, which laid a good foundation for his development on the drama stage.
Only by surviving the most desperate dark moments can people usher in the brightest dawn of life. ”
This sentence is vividly reflected in Zhang Tong's body.
Now that he has a bumper family and career, he has already passed the dark moment at that time, and with his own efforts, he has a place in the entertainment industry.
Epilogue. Looking back on Zhang Tong's acting career, although he has experienced hardships, it can be regarded as a bitter end.
With the transformation of the market environment in the film and television industry and the involvement of a large amount of capital, many actors have long been affected by traffic and capital, forgetting their original mission and value, and gradually falling into the wave of capital.
But Zhang Tong still chooses to stick to the most simple side of his heart, act steadfastly, do not chase fame and fortune of traffic, and always share his inner value with the public, which is really commendable.
I hope that he can continue to stick to his heart in the future, do what he likes to do, and bring more excellent works to the audience.