Before you succeed, you must be calm

No one can succeed casually. A person's success must stem from his long-term accumulation and precipitation in a field. Some people may succeed earlier, while others may succeed later, but they are all inseparable from their long-term efforts and struggle. When a person is successful, what we pay more attention to is the aura of his success. Before success, they all had a difficult experience that was unknown to everyone. At this stage, they can remain calm, endure loneliness, work hard to improve themselves, and prepare for future success.

The two celebrities I like and admire, one is the famous modern painter Qi Baishi, and the other is Zhang Jiayi in the contemporary entertainment industry. They are both late bloomers. Qi Baishi only started to become famous at the age of 56, and Zhang Jiayi only reached the peak period of his life in his 40s.

Qi Baishi was born in a poor peasant family in Xiangtan, Hunan. Due to family poverty, he had to drop out of school after only one year. When he was 15 years old, his family asked him to learn the carpenter's trade. After working for a while, he became uneasy with the status quo and changed careers many times. At the age of 55, he went to Beijing alone to become a drifter. At the age of 56, he boldly broke through himself and changed his painting style, and has since become famous.

Before becoming famous

Qi Baishi dropped out of school after one year. When he was 15 years old, his family asked him to learn to be a carpenter. After working as a carpenter for a while, he became uneasy and thought about changing his profession. At the age of 27, by chance, he met Hu Qinyuan, a very famous local literati painter. Hu Qinyuan suggested that he give up his craft as a carpenter, encouraged him to make a living by painting and selling paintings, and accepted him as his apprentice. So he switched careers and studied painting. At the age of 32, he began to learn engraving again.

During the time when he was painting and selling paintings, his business was doing well and he gained a certain reputation in the local area. Later, he came into contact with Wang Xiangqi, a scholar at Xiangtan University who is very famous in the country. Influenced by Wang Xiangqi, Qi Baishi wanted to learn to write poetry, so Qi Baishi worshiped Wang Xiangqi as his teacher. So, he changed from a painter to a poet. At the age of 40, Qi Baishi traveled around the country, making friends through calligraphy and painting, and poetry.

Beginning to become famous

At the age of 55, Qi Baishi went to Beijing alone. According to current parlance, he became a North Piao. However, after arriving in Beijing, he was despised by many people. Many people laughed at Qi Baishi's humble origins. But Qi Baishi disagreed. At the age of 57, he boldly made a self-breakthrough in painting and changed his previous painting style. Unexpectedly, he became famous from then on.

Before the age of 50, Qi Baishi had some reputation in Xiangtan, Hunan, but few people knew him in other provinces. It was only after he arrived in Beijing that he became famous. Although, there are regional factors involved. However, this is inseparable from his accumulation of paintings and poetry in the first half of his life.

Without the accumulation of painting and poetry in the first half of his life, he would not have achieved such a great reputation. During the period before becoming famous, he calmed down and created paintings and poems. He also traveled around the country, making friends with famous celebrities and constantly improving himself.

Zhang Jiayi is also a "late bloomer". He was born in 1970 and graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1991. For nearly 20 years from 1991 to 2009, he was unknown to everyone. In 2009, he became famous after starring in "Dwelling". After that, he ushered in the peak period of his career. Many of the TV series he starred in have won TV ratings championships. Zhang Jiayi has been waiting for this day for 20 years.

The 20 years of playing a small role are also the 20 years of self-improvement

In 1991, Zhang Jiayi graduated from Beijing Film Academy and planned to stay in Beijing for development. During the days when he was working in Beipiao, he did almost everything, such as running the drama, doing odd jobs, and being an assistant director. He still has to do scenes he doesn't like because he wants to survive. Life was very hard.

Later, he chose to return to his hometown in Xi'an for development and work at Xi'an Film Studio. After staying in his hometown for several years, he found that there were very few roles available. In order to take on more roles and to show off his acting skills, he chose to return to Beijing and decided to try his luck in Beijing. This year he is 30 years old.

From 1991 to 2009, Zhang Jiayi worked as a bit player for 20 years, filming 17 movies and thousands of episodes of TV series. However, he is not famous for his roles in these movies and TV series. However, these 20 years of being a bit player were not in vain.

During this period, he accumulated professional skills, improved his understanding, and gained more life experience, which laid a solid foundation for his future success. We often say that opportunities come to those who are prepared. If a person is not capable enough, even if he is given a chance, he will not achieve anything.

After becoming popular, he ushered in the peak period of his career

In 2009, Zhang Jiayi became popular because of the TV series "Dwelling House" and also ushered in his career success. After that, he took on many TV series at once, such as "Borrowing a Gun", "Floating", "Cliff", "Mindcraft", "One Servant, Two Masters", "White Deer Plain", "My Physical Education Teacher", etc.

Through observation, it is not difficult to find that these works are not the same type of TV series. But he can switch roles freely in these TV series.

From the espionage undercover, to the refreshing uncle, to the majestic teacher, he played every role with ease, and he played every role vividly, leaving a deep impression on people. His acting skills have reached the level of perfection.

After becoming famous, many media interviewed him. But he talked about his growth process very calmly. Someone asked him how he felt after becoming famous, but he said that he didn't feel much at all. The time when he felt the most was the extremely unsatisfactory and turbulent time before he became famous. He said that he had been acting for 20 years before becoming famous and had experienced a process from quantitative change to qualitative change. He believes that after going through this process, there will inevitably be an explosive period of improvement in acting skills.

In other words, Zhang Jiayi believes that everything he does will not be in vain, and sooner or later he will succeed. At this stage, he has greatly improved in all aspects. Someone asked him how he felt after going through the stage where the audience watched him practice but couldn't name him. He said that before success, one must be calm and endure loneliness.

In this era we live in, it has become easier for everyone to succeed, but the accumulation and precipitation of personal abilities are still essential for success. And before success, we may all, like Qi Baishi and Zhang Jiayi, go through a long period of trial and error.

This stage can be very painful or very difficult. But at this stage, we must be calm, endure loneliness, continue to learn, improve, accumulate and accumulate, to prepare for success. It doesn’t matter if we don’t succeed for the time being. We must believe that we will definitely reach a peak period in our career.