If you can afford to lose, you can stand up
Many people think that Tang Wei is just a flower vase. Once he becomes famous, he actually has no strength. This is a misunderstanding. Many successful people did not rise high from birth, but climbed up silently without the knowledge of ordinary people. When they climb to a certain height and wave to the people below, ordinary people notice their existence, but at this time ordinary people can only look up to them and think that they are born to be superior. What I want to say is that successful people also climb up from the ground. The reason why we always feel that they are so out of reach is because we have not seen their miserable beginnings, nor have we noticed their "climbing upwards" process and hardship. Tang Wei's long-standing artistic skills and life skills have been ignored by most people. Think about it, everyone: Tang Wei was admitted to the Chinese Theater Directing Department by virtue of his own ability. This is not the level of ordinary people. In the Chinese Opera, the students around him all passed the exam and had first-class acting qualifications. You can imagine the fierce competition. Tang Wei was selected by Ang Lee among these people. In addition to qualifications and talents, he must have Other outstanding features. Tang Wei became a professional model as soon as she entered school. In addition, she also studied acting, broadcasting, and fine arts, and obtained the national second-level badminton athlete qualification. In college, she acted in TV series, plays, and worked as a play director. In addition, she has won many awards. Although they are not international awards, these awards confirm the step-by-step growth, maturity, and success of a girl. Have you ever thought about what the word "block" means to a girl who has just stepped out of school? In my opinion, "block" = "destruction". After Tang Wei starred in "Lust, Caution", the most common comments about her were: she became a vase, became famous immediately, over-acted, and had a "negative impact" on teenagers... She is like the Shanghai Stock Exchange A-shares, madly rushing to the highest point in history, and then The market collapsed with a crash. At this time, what "shocked" me was Tang Wei's calmness, his extraordinary calmness. This shows that this little girl can control her emotions very well, which is very, very rare. This is also an essential ability for "star" actors. Most people can tolerate failure, but it is difficult for them to endure misunderstanding, contempt, slander, and cynicism from the world. If you don't calm down at this time, you will become even more crazy based on the original failure. You may be completely defeated and never stand up again. However, Tang Wei did not do this. She calmly made a choice - to go abroad. Tang Wei went to the UK with all her net worth: 500,000 yuan from "Lust, Caution" and 800,000 yuan from advertising endorsements. There is another episode about the advertising endorsement fee: when she signed the contract, she agreed that the endorsement fee would be 6 million, but the new commercial was stopped after only a few airings. Although she could calmly keep the 4.8 million after tax of the 6 million as her own. , but a gentleman loves money in a wise way, and Tang Wei finally returned 4 million. After going abroad, the first problem she faced was financial: she had to survive on her own first. Tang Wei's first "busting show" in the UK was an alternative street fashion show. Just use old newspapers to tear out a rough look of the clothes, and then pin them on your body. Wearing paper clothes, she stood on the street with a hat in front of her face, which meant she was open for business. The shapes she made were unique and creative, and soon passers-by started throwing coins and banknotes enthusiastically. In addition, she used oil paint to draw Peking opera masks on her face; she carried a bucket of water and used a sponge brush to write calligraphy on the sidewalk; she moved a chair and painted portraits of people passing by... Taking two hours a day, Tang Wei pondered An idea can always bring in dozens of pounds. This money is enough for her daily expenses to survive in a foreign country. Tang Wei already has the "jungle survival ability" to overcome financial difficulties. In addition to "selling her art", she also "selling herself". Playing badminton brings her higher income. Labor costs are very expensive in the UK. Tang Wei found a club, played a game with the resident coach, talked to the boss, and became a part-time sparring partner for the club. 80 pounds per hour, the boss charges a management fee of 20 pounds, and he makes a net profit of 60 pounds. I train about 15 hours a week and earn 900 pounds - just enough to cover the rent and language classes. In this way, one month after arriving in London, Tang Wei changed from resting on his laurels to becoming self-sufficient. This kind of self-sufficiency not only gives a girl a stable life, but more importantly, gives her the confidence to "do it yourself and have enough food and clothing". I really appreciate what Tang Wei said during her first month in the UK. She said: “In my opinion, the future is not spoken, but made.
"This sentence is very resounding. It doesn't look like it was uttered by a little girl. On the contrary, it looks like a vow made by a tough guy to the world. Four months after arriving in London, Tang Wei ushered in another opportunity. One week Later, when Tang Wei was performing performance art on the street wearing a "fashion" transformed from a disposable tablecloth, Bey Logan, the president of the Weinstein Brothers Film Company, appeared in front of her with a smile and invited her to have dinner with her and left. At that time, he put a 100 euro note in Tang Wei's hat. He said that as a partner, he invited him to dinner; as a passerby, he paid for his performance art because of Bey Logan's introduction, and Tang Wei got to know the British people. Through them, I got to know a group of famous makeup artists and image designers in the UK, and finally contacted Ga Lei, a fashion designer who has regular cooperation with "London Fashion Design Week" every year. The model has rich stage experience, and has an oriental charm and temperament that other models under Garret's command do not have. The close-up of Tang Wei's old Shanghai charm with bright red lips is enough to impress any designer, 2X08. At the "London Fashion Design Week" in 2016, she became Garay's "Queen Model", wearing his latest Gothic mask fashion, and walked on the runway of the fashion show. Tang Wei did not have an agent, and the price was hers. It was finalized with Garay personally. She worked as a model for a week and the salary was 20,000 euros.
Just when Tang Wei was making optimistic plans for her future, she received another call from Hong Kong because of her "excellent talent". Plan, she obtained a Hong Kong resident identity card, and Hong Kong invited her to develop. What greeted Tang Wei in Hong Kong was a contract to collaborate with Jacky Cheung on the new film "Moonlight Hennessy". Tang Wei has achieved great success at a young age. I am not curious at all about the fact that an internationally renowned actor became famous again in a foreign country after being banned. She has indeed achieved the inevitable success.
First, she performed "busking" on the streets of London. "Not everyone can do it, and even many "face-loving" men find it difficult to do it. If a person has a career that is exciting, passionate, and dedicated to her, she will become invincible. Secondly , A girl can put aside her face temporarily, can deal with the serious problem of "survival" very rationally, move forward bravely, can win, can afford to lose, and can let go, this kind of She is mature beyond her 20s, which is very rare. Third, throughout the ages, princes and generals have been able to withstand the glory and happiness of success, but there are a few who can remain calm and calm when encountering huge failures and rise again. ?After being "blocked" by the media, Tang Wei traveled to a foreign country, fell down and got up again, and always maintained an open-minded, sunny, proactive and hard-working attitude towards life. For most young people, it is indeed a kind of helplessness. Yan's education. I have never been star-struck, and I never think that Tang Wei's movie roles can charm me, but I can't deny that Tang Wei's real-life experience really inspired me. This is a story from an ugly duckling to a white swan and then to an ugly duckling. , and finally transformed into a modern fairy tale of a white swan. What we should learn from Tang Wei can be summarized in six words: If you can afford to lose, you can afford to stand.