Qi Di Lao Shaanxi Zhang Jiayi

At the end of 2020, the TV series "Zhuangtai" became an instant hit after it was released, with more than 200 million views on the entire network, a Douban score of 8.4, and endless praise from netizens.

With the down-to-earth plot and the well-arranged costumes and props, you can tell from the drama "The Stage" that the actors' hard work, screenwriting and director's extraordinary skills made this drama a hit at the end of the year.

The success of a drama is not due to one person. There are many people in front of and behind the scenes who have worked hard for it. So why does the drama "The Stage" become the annual ratings champion?

What cannot be avoided is that Shaanxi's "second uncle" Zhang Jiayi has a share of credit here.

"The flower of success, people only admire her current beauty. However, her buds were soaked in the tears of struggle and sprinkled with the blood of sacrifice."

People only know Zhang Jiayi’s brilliance on the screen, but they don’t know the hardships he has endured.

1. Zhang Xiaotong who wanted to be a wrestler

Zhang Jiayi was born in the 1970s and grew up in a compound in Xi'an, Shaanxi. When he was a child, his studies and appearance were average, and there was no one at all. I thought he would be involved with the screen in the future.

My hometown is Shidi Street, Hanbin District, Ankang City. Although I went to school in Xi'an when I was a child, I came back almost all winter and summer vacations. I have grown up there since I was a child, and many of the healthy environment, including diet and living habits, were developed here.

He was the fifth child in his family. At that time, his name was still Zhang Xiaotong. My parents have always wanted a daughter, and Zhang Jiayi finally had a younger sister.

The six siblings live with their parents in a house of more than 70 square meters. In Zhang Jiayi's words: "Every day is a chaotic life." Going out to buy steamed buns for dinner costs 20 A start.

Zhang Jiayi was very naughty when he was a child. As he grew older, he became more and more interested in wrestling and boxing. Zhang Jiayi once wanted to learn boxing, but his mother did not allow him to sign up because he needed a household registration book, so he went to learn wrestling, which does not require a household registration book.

Among the brothers and sisters, Zhang Jiayi is definitely the one who has no artistic talent, but God forced him to take this path through some strange combination of circumstances.

Zhang Jiayi has an uncle who works at Xi'an Film Studio. When he was a sophomore in Xi'an No. 86 Middle School, Zhang Jiayi's uncle saw an advertisement for film school admissions in the "Xi'an Evening News". When he got home, he encouraged Zhang Jiayi to give it a try: "Go and play, it's really fun."

< p> Anyway, his grades in mathematics, physics and chemistry were not very good, so Zhang Jiayi really went. His aunt helped him find a teacher, and he learned a simple song "Return from Target Shooting", prepared a poem recitation, added a set of wrestling moves, and went to the examination room.

Because he is very relaxed, he still laughs while others are performing. What the teacher liked was that he had the courage to act wild, and he was very handsome. He had been practicing wrestling in the sports school in high school, which helped him in the physical interview. After a lot of trouble, he was selected according to the comedy talent. It was really Was admitted.

At that time, 17-year-old Zhang Jiayi never thought about becoming an actor, let alone a comedian. His idea at the time was to become a professional wrestler.

When Zhang Jiayi was in middle school, he was not a good student in the eyes of the teacher. He played chess, made slingshots, and played with cigarette cases. He didn't listen to the lectures in class. He just liked to stare at his deskmate's arms. Whenever his deskmate crossed the 38th line, he would stab him with a pen.

Who would have thought that he would suddenly become a "future star". In 1987, Zhang Jiayi received two admission notices: Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theater Academy. This was the pride of Xi'an No. 86 Middle School.

With the admission notice in hand, Zhang Jiayi left home for the first time and came to Beijing. He felt that his future was bright.

Zhang Jiayi couldn't think of so much before he started to explore Beijing. He liked the summer in Beijing. Being shirtless was more comfortable than in Xi'an, and he didn't get red from the sun.

Although Zhang Jiayi was the youngest in the 1987 Beijing Film Academy class, he was among the people who fought and caused trouble in school back then.

The three most famous actors in this class, Zhang Jiayi, Liu Yijun, and Zhang Zijian, all changed their names. Moreover, there was a male classmate in the class with a story, who was later Zhang Yuqi’s ex-husband Wang Quanan.

Although Zhang Jiayi is very naughty, he is particularly shy when facing a lot of people, especially when he sees female classmates, his face turns red and his neck is thick, and he can't act directly.

When arranging sketches in the first semester, he never dared to cooperate with female classmates. The teacher was very annoyed and deliberately asked him to carry a female classmate on stage to perform a passionate scene, and he could not stop until he shouted "stop". As soon as he picked him up and put him on the bed, Zhang Jiayi stopped. The teacher was helpless and glared at him.

It was very windy in Beijing that day, and Zhang Jiayi was a little discouraged: "It would be great if acting with girls could be as simple as wrestling!"

In the first few days of school, the teacher came to check it out. , it happened that Zhang Jiayi was chosen as a sparring partner. Zhang Jiayi pretended not to know how to wrestle, but he knocked down the teacher after a few rounds. Isn’t this Shaanxi Lenwa wood?

Just a few months after the school started, some of the classmates have already been contacted by good roles, and they have gone out to film, and they all have good incomes. But Zhang Jiayi has not moved because this year, he has not overcome his shyness at all.

However, Zhang Jiayi was not idle while he was in school. Although his mind was not on filming, he had his own way of making money.

At that time, the domestic film and television industry and advertising industry had just started, and the market demand was huge. Zhang Jiayi and six people in his dormitory thought about shooting advertisements.

The school has special shooting equipment. Some write copywriting, some work as lighting technicians, some work as models, and some do odd jobs. I have accepted a few good advertisements.

After a year, a few people ate, drank, and spent money. After thinking about it, hehe, there were still five or six hundred yuan left. In the late 1980s, five or six hundred was definitely a huge sum of money!

Several people were a little bit feverish. After eating and drinking, the last person bought a "very fashionable" suit. Six people hugged each other on the shoulders and stopped in the classroom. Before they could even say anything, The teacher scolded them: "What are you doing? Are you rebelling?" A few of them took off their clothes in despair.

Just before graduation, Zhang Jiayi filmed his first drama, which was a children's drama, playing the leading role.

Zhang Jiayi continued to be idle until his junior year in college, when he appeared in a small role, which was regarded as the first drama in his life.

17-year-old Zhang Jiayi was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy as a comedian, and his teacher hoped that he could become the next Ge You. But he doesn't have the characteristics of Ge Youchang. The teacher has long declared that he can only play supporting roles in his life. Because he is neither particularly good-looking nor particularly ugly.

Before graduation, he asked his family to write a letter of recommendation for him to a theater troupe in Beijing. His father made a special trip to Beijing and took him for an interview. "After I went in, I couldn't stand the man's attitude towards my father. He was very arrogant and impatient. My father tried to smile at him. I didn't even finish my words, so I pulled my father out and came out. ”

2. Xi’an Film Studio has been unknown for 9 years

21-year-old Zhang Jiayi is too stubborn and has no idea what kind of bad luck he will encounter when he returns to Xi’an Film Studio.

In those years, college students had to go to the grassroots level for training after being assigned jobs. I have no choice but to stop doing my job and go to the Youth League Committee to work for one year. Zhang Jiayi made tea, read newspapers, and read during the day, and rented video cassettes and watched movies at night. He flipped through the videos with the remote control and visited three video rental stores near his home. The more he watched, the more he wanted to become a great actor. However, there is still no chance.

When I was 25 years old, I met an older sister. This good-hearted older sister said that he would be lucky if he changed his name, so she helped him change three names. He originally chose another one, but the older sister changed his name. Say you still want this. From then on, Zhang Xiaotong changed his name to Zhang Jiayi.

Unexpectedly, changing the name was actually helpful. Director Liu Huining, whom Zhang Jiayi met at Xiying, actually remembered him. In 1995, Liu Huining filmed the TV series "Daobei Ren" and took Zhang Jiayi with him. Many people may not have heard of this drama, but most older people in Xi'an know about it.

Zhang Jiayi played a mercenary character who was both bad and charming. Unfortunately, he did not become popular. Even he himself said: "I think if I debuted at the age of 20, they would like me at the age of 20." . I was very new back then, and I just wandered around." Two years later, Liu Huining asked Zhang Jiayi to film "The Old House". He works very hard. He said: Shooting is just like wrestling, just hit the concrete floor.

It was at that time that he suffered from severe ankylosing spondylitis. Starting at the age of 22, he had to get an injection every half month.

But "Old House" still didn't make him popular!

Every time his back hurts, Zhang Jiayi feels reluctant. People in the industry always say that if you want to act, you have to go to Beijing.

3. At the age of 30, Zhang Jiayi decided to "drift to the north".

After nine years at Xiying Studio, although he made some films, he was still lukewarm, and changing his name did not have much effect.

At the age of 30, Zhang Jiayi made a surprising decision: "Drift to the North."

In 2000, Zhang Jiayi, who was in his thirties, decided to leave Xi'an and go to Beijing to pursue his career.

When he first arrived in Beijing, Zhang Jiayi, like many Beipiao people, had to solve the problem of accommodation first. At that time, Zhang Jiayi had 20,000 yuan in hand, so he wanted to buy a house to live in first.

After looking around the streets, there happens to be a "zero down payment" real estate in the suburbs of Beijing. You only need to take 20,000 yuan as a deposit, move in first, and the rest of the balance can be paid in installments.

Zhang Jiayi made a calculation and found that it was a good fit. He paid 20,000 yuan neatly and was happily looking forward to living in a new house.

As a result, after paying 20,000 yuan, the house has not been moved in. The developer began to say that you have to pay "this and that" various fees before you can move in.

Zhang Jiayi was dumbfounded. When he saw it, it cost tens of thousands! I wanted to negotiate a refund, but the developer said no refund!

Zhang Jiayi had no choice but to contact his former friends and old classmates and ask them to borrow money one by one.

Fortunately, many of his classmates were already wealthy, so he was able to borrow the remaining down payment.

During the days of Beidiao, when he was the poorest, Zhang Jiayi had no money to eat, so he could only starve in the basement. If he was really hungry, he would take a bite of a big pancake rolled with green onions. Two days later, this strong man from the northwest couldn't hold on any longer, so he went to borrow 500 yuan from a friend.

The interior of Zhang Jiayi’s bedroom in Xi’an does not look “starry” at all, but is rather small and cramped. Nowadays, Zhang Jiayi’s bedroom is basically empty. Occasionally, relatives come to live in this house. Finally, I can understand why Zhang Jiayi has been able to survive for so many years without being popular in the entertainment industry. After becoming popular, he still lives such a low-key life. Just look at his simple parents.

It was precisely this accident that became Zhang Jiayi's motivation to make money, pushing him to be "shameless" and go out to find various ways to film.

It was during this period that Zhang Jiayi was desperate for his life in filming and never needed a stand-in. He only fell on the concrete floor by himself, which is why he developed the walking posture that is ridiculed now.

In Beijing, he also worked as an assistant director, a stage manager, in charge of the crew's food, and did everything.

During that time, as long as there was filming, Zhang Jiayi could work continuously, and it was common to act continuously for 24 hours without taking a break.

At that time, Zhang Jiayi had already gained a lot of acting skills. Through some connections, he got many good roles. He thought to himself: "If someone gives me a play and gives me money, if I don't perform well, I’m sorry for my friend’s introduction, and I won’t be asked to act again next time, so I must perform every role to the best of my ability.”

In order to interpret each role well. , he is never idle during breaks on the set. When watching who is good at acting, he will take the trouble to ask people: "How do you figure out the character? Where do you start to get into the role?" and other questions.

This is not over yet. After returning home in the evening, Zhang Jiayi will also write down the questions he asked for advice that day, and will re-examine the role he played that day, where he performed well and where he did not perform well. , how to change it next time, etc., Zhang Jiayi will keep it in mind one by one.

It is this kind of thinking and approach that has made Zhang Jiayi’s translations a masterpiece. Relying on the honesty of Shaanxi people and the character of not being afraid of hardship and loss, he has a good reputation among his peers, and more and more people are looking for him to act.

Although Zhang Jiayi was not popular at that time, his acting skills were good and the price was not high. It was worth every penny.

Eight years after arriving in Beijing, Zhang Jiayi is already 36 years old. This year he acted in a famous TV series "Halfway Couple" and starred as Jiang Jianping in "Halfway Couple". The protagonist of this drama is Sun Honglei and Chen Xiaoyi, who have already been famous for a long time, probably eclipsed Zhang Jiayi's fame. Therefore, although this drama is very popular, Zhang Jiayi is still unknown.

Although he has never been popular, Zhang Jiayi did not give up. In 2009, at the age of 39, he finally got an opportunity to star in the TV series "Dwelling House". After the TV series was broadcast, he suddenly became famous with the role of "Song Siming" The fire spread all over the country.

Only becoming popular in his late 40s, Zhang Jiayi used his strength to prove that his wait was not in vain. He acted in "Snail House" entirely because the director liked him for having the face of a civil servant.

From working as a sidekick in Xi'an for 10 years to playing a small role in Beijing for 9 years, Zhang Jiayi spent a full 20 years waiting for Song Siming in "Dwelling in a Snail".

It’s true: when heaven entrusts a person with a great responsibility, he must first strain his mind, strain his muscles and bones, starve his body and skin, and deplete his body...

Song Siming did not come until he was 39 years old. This role had been dormant for 19 years before this, but he just took it on. Many people say that Zhang Jiayi's youth started at the age of forty, because his appearance is more mature and he was not popular when he was young, but as he grows older, he becomes more popular.

Zhang Jiayi became an instant hit with this drama. After working as a bit player for 20 years, he finally ushered in the spring of his career when he was 40 years old. He can be regarded as a representative of a late bloomer.

It was Shaanxi writer Chen Zhongshi's "White Deer Plain" starring Zhang Jiayi that made the Sanqin family famous.

After becoming famous, Zhang Jiayi ushered in the peak period of his career. Later, "Borrowing a Gun", "Cliff", "Intention", "Yingpan Town Police", "One Servant, Two Masters", "White Deer Plain", "Mine!" "Physical Education Teacher", "Pi" and other dramas, not only won many awards, but also made Zhang Jiayi a well-known and capable actor, challenging the little fresh meat.

4.3 million yuan chartered plane to return to hometown

On June 16, 2018, Ankang will hold the 18th Hanjiang Dragon Boat Festival to promote local tourism. The organizing committee invited hometown celebrity Zhang Jiayi.

In the selection of the 24th Shanghai Magnolia Awards in Shanghai in June, the TV series "White Deer Plain" starring Zhang Jiayi won the award.

After Zhang Jiayi received the award at the Shanghai Magnolia Awards, it was too late and there were no civil aviation flights. However, he had promised his hometown to go back to attend the opening ceremony of the Dragon Boat Festival. What should he do?

In order to arrive on time, to keep his promise, and to live up to the expectations of his hometown people, Zhang Jiayi spent 300,000 yuan on a civil aviation flight to return to his hometown at his own expense. Landed at Hanzhong Airport in the early morning. After driving 200 kilometers overnight, I only slept for a short while. In this way, after many twists and turns, I finally appeared on time at the opening ceremony of the Ankang Dragon Boat Festival.

After Zhang Jiayi returned to Ankang, he drank tea with relatives and friends and chatted about his ideals and life. It can be seen that after removing his halo, Zhang Jiayi is casual, free and easy, friendly and approachable in life.

On June 27, 2020, "Star Moving Shaanxi" - a large-scale public welfare poverty alleviation activity was launched warmly in Xi'an. The first batch of public welfare poverty alleviation ambassadors have formed assistance pairs with ten poverty-stricken areas and counties in Zhouzhi, Yanchang, Zhen'an, Nanzheng, Qianyang, Yijun, Fuping, Hengshan, Xunyi, and Langao in Shaanxi Province, relying on their own public funds *Influence and appeal, through the filming of public welfare videos and other forms, help poverty-stricken counties and counties in hometown get rid of poverty and become rich, and contribute to Shaanxi's poverty alleviation.

Zhang Jiayi, as a pairing star of Zhouzhi Kiwi, shot a public welfare short film for Zhouzhi County. On August 19, actor Zhang Jiayi came to Zhouzhi with the Shaanxi Radio and Television Film and Television Channel filming team to help poverty alleviation. He is easy-going and has no airs of stardom. His arrival was welcomed by the people in his hometown. Because of his charity work, he changed his name "Zhang Jiayi" to "Zhang Jiayi" for the second time

Zhang Jiayi's parents participated in a talk show earlier, and the two elders made a rare appearance. You can see Zhang Jiayi's face in the screen My parents are very old, their hair is all white, but they are energetic.

Of course, he also has the shortcomings of Shaanxi men, such as never doing housework. I have read interviews before and said that when he went to the living room to drink water and saw clothes falling on the floor, he did not pick them up, but took a detour.

This may be because of his illness, or maybe it is his habit, no matter what, this is the real, down-to-earth Zhang Jiayi. He is approachable, down-to-earth, low-key and not exaggerated, and has been recognized by fans of all ages. So people in Shaanxi gave him the nickname "Second Uncle".

From the time he suffered from ankylosing spondylitis at the age of 25 until now, Zhang Jiayi has to get up half an hour early every day to get hot water to wash away the stiffness in his back. Even so, he is still very dedicated and rushes to various studios all year round.

This is a man from Shaanxi who is not afraid of setbacks, willing to be lonely, keeps working hard, and eventually becomes something great. He represents the spirit of Shaanxi people.