Chapter 341 of the main text: The question of the route

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Men's Wear is China's first publicly available all-male magazine, known as China's Playboy. Because the consumer group is mainly male readers, the cover of "Men's Wear" is full of sexy photos of beautiful stars.

"Men's Wear" came out in May this year, the cover of the first issue is Zhao Wei, and the second issue is Britney Spears, both of which are popular big stars. They were able to contact Zhang Jing for the first cover, which reflected her popularity from a side door.

However, Zhang Ran didn't want Zhang Jingchu to shoot, "Men's Clothing" has always been known for its sexiness and large scale, and Zhang Jingchu doesn't need to use this kind of thing to attract attention at all. He frowned and said, "I don't want you to shoot this kind of messy thing, what lace is put into the mirror, showing off sexy or something, it doesn't match your style at all!"

"Can't I show off my sexiness?" Zhang Jingchu wrapped her arms around Zhang Ran's neck, the fragrance hit people, stared at Zhang Ran with a smile, and said with a smile, "You won't be jealous, right?"

Zhang Ran said seriously: "That must be eaten, my daughter-in-law's lace can only be worn to me, and whoever else looks at me will gouge out his eyes!"

Zhang Jingchu kissed Zhang Ran on the face, but her heart was extremely happy, and said: "Okay, you don't like it, I just don't take pictures, I just think their photos are very good-looking, and I haven't thought about taking any sexy route!"

Zhang Ran explained with a smile: "I mainly think that the style of this magazine is not suitable for you, and it is not good for your development. Speaking of this, Zhang Ran suddenly realized that Zhang Jingchu now has enough fame and many choices, and should have a clear plan for the future, so he said: "Now that you have become famous, I don't know if you have considered the route you want to take in the future, which direction should you go?"

What route to take is crucial to the development of an actor, which determines the direction of future development, if the positioning is wrong, even if the talent is amazing, it is difficult to get ahead.

The stars who can stand at the top of the entertainment industry have all found the right positioning and walked out of the right path of development. Gao Yuanyuan is a typical example of success, she started from the "kissing" girl of the year, giving people the feeling of being a girl next door, very pure and delicate, but she didn't care about dressing up at all, she went to the Berlin Film Festival cocktail party wearing sportswear. She dresses up to give people a very rustic feeling, and her career has been tepid.

Almost in 2010, Gao Yuanyuan finally found his precise positioning, began to take the fashion route, frequently went in and out of major fashion weeks, and all kinds of pictures of the show were released.

There are even more negative examples, and Liu Yifei is the representative. The three TV series "Dragon Babu", "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" made Liu Yifei popular in China, and she can be said to be one of the most beautiful female stars. If the development is smooth, it will definitely be able to become a storage zài that is not inferior to the four dans, but ten years later, Liu Yifei not only failed to become a first-line big flower, but was overtaken by many rising stars.

There are many reasons for this, there are acting problems, and there are also resource problems, but the most critical thing is the route. After the three TV series starring Liu Yifei became popular, he began to specialize in the big screen and changed to the high-end route. But here's the problem, Liu Yifei is too young, she has a strong sense of girlishness, her fans are mainly teenagers, and she is acting in costume films, while high-end brands are facing mature customers, mainly urban white-collar workers, and there is no boundary between the two, so she can't squeeze into the fashion circle, nor can she get high-end endorsements, and her whole career has been stagnant.

Zhang Ran has not discussed this issue with Zhang Jingchu, Zhang Jingchu was still a newcomer before, the important thing is to open up his fame and gain a foothold in the circle. When a new actor comes up and says that I want to take the international route and take the high-end route, is that possible? No matter how well the design is, it will be a flash in the pan. But now that Zhang Jingchu has become famous, she has received a lot of scripts, advertisements, and magazines, and she has room to choose, and she can develop in the direction she wants according to her own wishes.

Zhang Jingchu tilted her head and thought about it: "I didn't think about it, I just want to be an actor and act well." What route do you think I should take? I'll listen to you!"

Zhang Ran shook his head with a smile: "This is your life, and it must come according to your wishes." If you really want to do what I said, even if you develop well, you may not be happy, the most important thing is to be happy in life!"

Zhang Jingchu nodded: "I haven't thought about this problem, give me some Jianyiyi!"

Zhang Ran has seen too many ups and downs in the film and television industry, and has seen too many examples of success and failure, and knows what route an actor takes according to his own characteristics. He looked at Zhang Jingchu and analyzed: "The development of an actor has to be special according to his temperament, your temperament is relatively cold, it looks a little mean, and it is ......."

Zhang Jingchu shouted: "Where am I mean? I am obviously very gentle, and I have a good relationship with everyone in the crew, where am I mean? Do you think I am mean?"

Zhang Ran explained: "I'm not saying that you are mean, but that your face feels a little mean. This is a matter of appearance, for example, the cheekbones of our class Huang Shengyi are more prominent, which gives people a bit of a mean feeling. The bridge of your nose is relatively straight, and the lines of the upper part of your face are relatively hard, making you look heroic. But your problem is that the philtrum is relatively long, a little convex, it looks like the upper lip is always pouting, the more heroic upper part is a bit of a conflict with the more playful pout, plus the chin line is more pointed, this conflict is more obvious, so it feels a little mean, as if it is very scheming. ”

Zhang Jingchu retorted: "No, Chen Xin of "Bursting Drummer" is said to be pure and cute, but he is not as scheming as you say!"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "This is the power of modeling, we know what your problems are, weaken your flaws, and magnify your strengths!"

Zhang Jingchu said: "Anyway, I'm not mean!"

"Don't be mean, I'll change the word to be aggressive. There are two sides to this kind of thing, there are good and bad, it depends on how you choose. Your characteristics determine that you don't have too strong audience popularity, and it may be more difficult to take the people-friendly route; Zhang Ran saw Zhang Jingchu pouting and staring at herself, looking very angry, and said, "There are great advantages to being an actor with a face like you, and you must have characteristics to be an actor." As an actor, I am most afraid of being featureless, no matter how beautiful my face is, no matter how beautiful I am, it is useless. France's Adjani should know, right?"

Zhang Jingchu is an otaku girl, a bit of a literary young woman, she likes to stay at home to read books and watch movies when she has nothing to do, Adjani is a goddess of literature and art who naturally knows: "I like her "Rodin's Lover", as well as "Queen Margot", she is so powerful, she is almost forty years old, and she still plays a girl so well!"

Zhang Ran said: "Adjani also has a convex mouth, and the corners of her mouth are drooping, and she looks a little fierce and mean." But Adjani made good use of her characteristics, she played mostly neurotic, bitter and bitter roles, of course, her acting skills are also unparalleled, so she created a classic image one by one and became a living legend. For an actor, he must know his strengths and know how to use his advantages. ”

Zhang Jingchu graduated from the Department of Directing, and she also learned some things about directing. She knows that actors need to understand what their strengths are, what their weaknesses are, how to give full play to their strengths, and how to hide their weaknesses, which is of great significance to actors.

It's just that she didn't have the opportunity to think about this problem before, she has no choice at all about what drama to take and what role to play, it's good to have filming, where is her turn to pick the fat and thin.

At this moment, Zhang Jingchu looked at Zhang Ran, with a smile on the corner of her mouth: "I understand what you mean, you want me to take a route similar to Adjani, and play more roles that meet my characteristics when I take over the play, and play more roles with heavier inner dramas." ”

Zhang Ran shook his head and said: "Logically speaking, you are suitable for playing the kind of orange with a strong heart, and you are suitable for taking the high and cold route, which is most in line with your temperament and characteristics, but in fact, this road is very difficult to walk, because this road is blocked!"

Zhang Jingchu was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Who, why?"

Zhang Ran said: "Zhang Ziyi, the two of you look a little similar, and your acting styles are relatively close, she is also taking this road, and she has come a long way." If you want to go this way, you have to compete with her for resources, for example, for example, Chen Kaige wants to make the movie "Mei Lanfang", and he wants to choose an actress to play Meng Xiaodong, do you think he will choose you or Zhang Ziyi? It must be Zhang Ziyi. Whether it is in terms of appearance, talent, or acting skills, you are not as good as Zhang Ziyi, it is too difficult to take this road!"

The entertainment industry is a particularly competitive circle, and if actors can't get resources, they won't have a chance to get ahead. If you take away the resources, then others won't be able to get them, especially the actors with close routes, who really can't tolerate two tigers. After Bai Baihe's rise, Wang Luodan's upside was blocked; after Ke Zhendong was blocked, his resources were divided among the mainland students, so the mainland students suddenly broke out.

In the previous life, Zhang Jingchu couldn't get up because she was taking Zhang Ziyi's route, Zhang Ziyi was too strong, and with her in the way, Zhang Jingchu had no chance to take the position at all. When Zhang Ziyi fell to the bottom because of fraudulent donations, Tang Wei came out again, and Jiang Ziqiang was behind Tang Wei. Zhang Jingchu not only did not get Zhang Ziyi's resources, but Xiangjiang's resources were snatched away by Tang Wei, and the result was quickly outdated.

In this life, Zhang Ziyi took over Zhang Ran's "Time and Space Warrior", which not only exploded at the box office, but also played an extremely likable role, accumulating a lot of popularity in Europe and the United States for her. With the popularity of "Time and Space Warrior", a sequel will definitely be launched. When the time comes, Zhang Ziyi's popularity will reach a higher level. Zhang Ziyi in this life is even stronger than in the previous life.

It is undoubtedly very difficult for Zhang Jingchu to take this road!

In fact, if Zhang Jingchu wants to compare herself with Zhang Ziyi, she must also feel that she is inferior to Zhang Ziyi. But at this moment, when she heard Zhang Ran say this, she was a little angry, you are my boyfriend, how can you praise Zhang Ziyi for being born underground, am I so bad? She twisted her head to the side and said sourly: "Yes, yes, Zhang Ziyi is a big star, she looks beautiful, where is she like me, she doesn't look good, her acting skills are not good, and she has no talent!"

Zhang Ran laughed: "Angry, aren't we objectively analyzing your strengths and weaknesses now?"

Zhang Jingchu said angrily: "I have no advantages, it's all disadvantages, anyway, in your eyes, I can't compare to her!"

Zhang Ran said: "Who said you have no advantage, Zhang Ziyi acted too hard and was not natural enough, you are better than her in this regard." In addition, you have a huge advantage that no one else has, and with this advantage, even if you want to compete with Zhang Ziyi, you have a chance of winning!"

Zhang Jingchu's eyes lit up: "What advantage?"

Zhang Ran pointed to his nose and said, "I!" (To be continued.) )