Zhang Yimou swept the theater chain at the end of 2011 with the movie "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", and finally achieved a box office result of 600 million.
Therefore, this work is rightfully the hottest film of the year.
There is almost no doubt that big directors such as Zhang Yimou are usually willing to discover and use promising new actors.
The casting of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" really shows this point vividly.
Actors such as Ni Ni, Bai Xue, Zhang Tutuo and Sun Jia in the entertainment industry were originally unobtrusive "little transparent".
After being selected by Zhang Yimou to play the "Thirteen Beauties of Qin Huai" in the film, their acting skills and beauty have attracted unprecedented attention.
At that time, almost everyone became the most popular new "Mou Girl".
However, although they have the same starting point, they have not gone exactly the same way to the stars and destinies.
They have experienced all kinds of ups and downs in the past ten years.
In the entertainment industry, some people are so popular that half the sky is over, while others are lonely and haggard and can't find a scene to film.
In addition, there is an actress who was once jokingly called a "relational household", and she was not even heard from ......
Let's take a look at the different status quo of "Qinhuai Thirteen Beauties" outside the play.
Ni Ni posted a set of ** photos on December 11 last year, and wrote the text "December, twelve years" on Weibo.
At first glance, it seems unrelated, which is a bit puzzling.
However, for those fans who really know Ni Ni's acting career, they will definitely understand the meaning.
This film can be regarded as December 11, which is the date of its first release, so it can be considered the "birthday" of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling".
Ni Ni also successfully showed her strength by playing the role of "Zhao Yumo" in the movie, and stepped into the showbiz with this.
The day she posted this Weibo coincided with the 12th anniversary of her debut.
Back then, Zhang Yimou once said:
In these three or four years, choosing her (Ni Ni) is probably the most important thing.
This is not groundless, because the character of "Zhao Yumo" is very unique in itself.
Therefore, actors not only need to have a charming appearance and temperament, but also need to be highly recognizable.
He also needs to be proficient in English and Nanjing dialect, as well as good at drinking and playing mahjong, so it can be said that his options are quite limited.
These requirements seem to be just right, as if they were specially tailored for Ni Ni, which is really a coincidence.
Therefore, she was able to successfully get this role that countless actresses dreamed of as a student that year.
Ni Ni did not disappoint Director Zhang, she perfectly showed the colorful demeanor and emotions of "Zhao Yumo" for her family and country.
After the release of the film, this character successfully captured the hearts of the audience, and it can almost be said that it has achieved "rave reviews on the whole network".
Ni Ni, as an artist who "debuts at the peak", should have no difficulty in continuing to become popular in her career.
However, at this moment, Zhang Weiping, the chairman of her film and television company, and Zhang Yimou, the director, had an argument.
even made the latter choose to "leave silently".
Perhaps due to a lack of understanding of the stakes, Ni Ni rashly chose to support Zhang Yimou at this time, resulting in almost no opportunities for drama filming in the past few years.
He later reappeared in the audience's sight.
There is no more amazing role like "Zhao Yumo", he has acted in some low-rated youth romance movies.
Ni Ni's image has declined sharply in the minds of the audience, and has even been slowly forgotten.
Filmmaking doesn't seem to have the dynamism it used to be.
Ni Ni was forced to change direction and began to star in TV series, but she didn't expect this decision to completely change her fate.
Ni Ni's "Golden Years" and "She Who Disappeared" were both great successes and became "hit" films.
She is now in middle age, but on a new stage, she has finally succeeded again and demonstrated her superb acting skills as a "powerful" actor.
When the cast of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was announced, the most eye-catching thing was not Ni Ni, but Han Xiting.
According to the data, only one year after her debut, she appeared on the movie screen, and before that she was originally a small model who was not well-known.
The transformation of a model into a film actor is actually a difficult thing to have confidence in, because as the saying goes, "interlaced lines are like mountains".
What's even more fascinating is that she plays the role of "Yichun".
However, in Yan Geling's original work**, this character does not exist at all.
It can be clearly felt that both the actor himself and the role have a strong flavor of "related household airborne crew".
He is still everywhere at the Golden Globe Awards, whether at movie premieres or promotional posters.
Although Han Xiting only plays a small supporting role, he is gorgeously dressed and dazzling every time he appears, and sometimes even swaggers to stand in the "C position".
starring Ni Ni, on the other hand, she didn't even set foot on the stage of the Golden Globe Awards.
Han Xiting seems to have further consolidated his identity as a "relational household" through later development.
Han Hee-jeong switched from the film industry to the TV drama field in 2013.
At that time, the partners were high-profile male stars Jia Nailiang, Zhong Hanliang, Zhang Junning, etc., and their abundant resources were amazing.
The audience began to suspect these overly flamboyant behaviors, which led countless netizens to begin to "dig deeper" into Han Xiting.
There are many people, and there is great power, and soon after, Wang Yonghong, the "rich businessman and gold owner" behind her, was revealed to her true colors and could no longer be hidden.
He was once on the Hurun Report, and in 2013 he became the richest man in Jiangxi Province.
At this time, Han Xiting was at the peak of his career.
It didn't take long for Wang Yonghong's financial situation to become problematic and he was even charged with economic crimes and arrested.
Han Xiting has become unpopular in the entertainment industry, as the proverb says, "The tree falls and the tree scatters". Since then, his situation has changed.
No new works have been published, and the author has completely disappeared.
In the movie "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", Li Yuemin plays the role of Cardamom, and she is known as the "first martyr" in the film.
Cardamom was originally a young girl, but unfortunately she was brutally attacked by Japanese soldiers.
Enraged, she bites off the ear of a Japanese soldier, angering them and eventually causing her to be stabbed to death by a blade.
Her name is like cardamom, she has a beautiful appearance and a delicate girlish demeanor, but she is tenacious on the inside, willing to sacrifice herself rather than give in.
This character is arguably the most steadfast character in the entire movie.
Li Yuemin profoundly interpreted and interpreted this role, which made the audience even more distressed.
However, the strange thing is that although Li Yuemin received unanimous praise after the release of the film, she rarely appeared on the scene of the promotional event.
Almost reluctant to accept an interview with **, one might even say refusal.
In the entertainment industry, ** degree and fame are regarded as crucial, but Li Yuemin is too humble in a low-key way.
Li Yuemin's identity is very special, she is a real military officer, and this is the main reason.
When he just graduated, Li Yuemin was conscripted into the army as a direct recruitment officer.
Perhaps it is because of her special identity that she is reluctant to have too much contact with the entertainment industry.
Even after she rose to fame for filming "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", she still insisted on taking root in the army and performing her duties in a down-to-earth manner.
It has been learned that Li Yuemin is in charge of literary and artistic propaganda work in the army, and at the same time often organizes and leads literary and artistic soldiers to perform at the grassroots level.
In 2021, because Li Yuemin has been performing well in her work, her superiors commended her and recorded a third-class meritorious service.
Director Zhang Yimou went to Beijing Film Academy to prepare for the casting of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling".
After thousands of choices, he finally chose only three students, and one of them was Li Chun, who had just entered his freshman year.
In the movie, Li Chun plays the role of a prostitute on the banks of the Qinhuai River, she has only appeared in a few scenes, and she has not even said a line.
As a current student, it is not easy to stand out in such a grand production.
Although Li Chun did not become famous in one fell swoop after the film was broadcast, he attracted a lot of drama appointments with his excellent appearance and temperament.
Including some high-profile film and television dramas, such as "Flower Thousand Bone", "The Legend of Ruyi", "Celebrating More Than Years" and "Sword in the Snow".
Li Chun has a soft appearance, but most of the characters he plays are villains, and this contrast is very interesting.
The audience jokingly called her a "villain professional" to describe her.
Although his debut has not been a hit for many years, Li Chun has always insisted on down-to-earth filming, focusing on acting work, and never attracting attention through hype.
However, in the past two years, Li Chun has become the target of public criticism because of a tattoo on his ankle that resembles the shape of a "spade".
Theoretically, as an adult, Li Chun has the right to decide whether or not to get a tattoo, and the "spade" pattern itself does not have a particularly profound meaning.
However, some narrow-minded netizens like to speculate for no reason that there may be attributes such as "catering to darkness" hidden behind this tattoo.
All kinds of rhetoric are unsightly, and they all involve personal attacks on Li Chun.
Li Chun coolly responded publicly:
Thanks to popular science, don't jump to conclusions even if you don't understand. It is advisable to review classic board games – such as poker – while spreading knowledge.
That's right, the heart of spade pattern caused such a huge sensation on a deck of playing cards, it is conceivable that Li Chun also felt indescribable in his heart.
Li Chun can be said to be a complete victim in this matter.
Thankfully, she wasn't affected by her mentality.
Her career has also continued to thrive over the past two years, with new works and an upward trend.
In addition, except for a few people in the "Thirteen Beauties of Qinhuai", most of the others have remained in a dull state over the years.
Some of them have long since run out of scenes to film.
Bai Xue played the role of "Xianglan", Qian Liuyin played the role of "Fengjiao", and Sun Jia played the role of "Fat Meilan".
Although he has not publicly announced his retirement from the entertainment industry, no new works have been released for many years.
Yuan Yang Chunzi has quit the entertainment industry, she plays the role of "Little Mosquito", and even changed her Weibo name, now called "I am not playing Miss Yuan".
In this "homophonic stalk" way, it is necessary to make a clear distinction from the profession of actor.
On the whole, the actresses who were all the rage in "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" have a huge gap in their development status today.
Except for Ni Ni and Li Chun, who have relatively rich resources, most of the others have left and are no longer concerned by the audience.
However, this outstanding work will forever retain their beautiful image and become a timeless classic.