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"Peace Hotel", an unusual spy drama that has only been broadcast for 8 episodes, has already won a high score of 8.4 on Douban, and the ratings are about to break 1%. Lei Jiayin, Chen Shu, and Li Guangjie are indispensable, and the cameos in the play are all actors with good acting skills - such as Kong Wei, who plays the female writer Yao Ying of the god nagging "Flaming Red Lips".
Kong Wei's production has decreased in recent years, and many viewers have seen Kong Wei's figure in "Peace Hotel", which is quite unexpected for a while.
This is kong wei and Chen Shu's second cooperation after the 2002 TV series "Sonorous Rose". After 16 years, from the side-by-side battle of the previous drama to the enemy and friend of this drama, their same frame is still very interesting.
Stills from Sonorous Rose
"Peace Hotel" is a spy drama similar to the American drama "24 Hours", which uses 45 episodes to tell the story of a 10-day life and death game between a group of mysterious guests in a special place called "Peace Hotel".
This time, Kong Wei plays a mysterious female writer who is "nervous" when she appears, and the only thing that can be determined is that she loves to wear big red lipstick, which is unforgettable at first sight, and because of her uncertain personality, this red lips even has a bit of a thrilling and dangerous atmosphere. Although this mysterious female writer Yao Ping does not play much, she always plays a decisive role in the fate of Chen Shu and Lei Jiayin, a "fake couple", at key moments.
The first time they met, she said to Chen Jiaying, the heroine played by Chen Shu, "You have secrets", which made the heroine who was worried about the exposure of her identity jump.
Later, the female protagonist Chen Jiaying and the male protagonist Wang Dading (played by Lei Jiayin) failed in their plan to escape from the hotel, so they pretended to be attacked in a hurry - this trick made the Japanese pseudo-sheriff Dou Shixiao (played by Li Guangjie) suspicious, but it was Yao Tho's appearance that broke the siege for them and made a testimony in their favor.
However, Yao Ying has not always been a good assistant for the male and female protagonists, and when they have successfully cleared the suspicion, Yao Ping's words have caused the male and female protagonists to get into trouble again, she said: "You have to investigate the people up and down this hotel, find out their details, and then tell me", and threatened: "You don't have the conditions to tell me no, you must know that I can pick up the bottom of both of you at any time." ”
So Yao Ping, a mysterious woman, was called "the smartest person who pretended to be the most confused" by the heroine:
But in fact, the role of Yao Ping is a "goddess of vengeance", she is defiled by the beast-like general of the pheasant, so she intends to take revenge through the hands of the male and female protagonists.
Perhaps because they have not seen each other for too long, many netizens mistakenly recognized Kong Wei as Liu Xiang's ex-wife Ge Tian when chasing the drama. It is also because of the jumping off the role of Yao Ping, which is considered by some viewers to be "unpleasant from appearance to human setting".
When broadcasting on the Internet, the bullet screen also floated with words of dissatisfaction with the role of Yao Ping from time to time.
But there are also netizens who support Kong Wei's performance, thinking that the role of Yao Ping is very interesting, just like the "witch" role in the werewolf killing.
For Yao Ping, a woman who does not have many scenes but "has a lot of stories", Kong Wei said: "She is a woman with uncertain clouds, she has far away in her heart, and she also has things she hates."
Before the series began, she posted a Weibo advertisement: "There are a lot of great actors who have performed extraordinary in it! ”
If you mention the big-mouthed beauties in the Chinese entertainment industry, in addition to Shu Qi and Yao Chen, there must also be a place for Kong Wei.
Kong Wei was born in 1978 and is just 40 years old this year. She, Zhao Wei, Huang Xiaoming, and Chen Kun are all students of the famous Beijing Film Academy's 96 Acting Department.
However, Kong Wei's starting point is not lower than that of his classmates.
Upon graduation, Kong Wei wrote history as the first student of the Beijing Film Academy enrolled in the 50 years since the establishment of the Beijing People's Art Theatre. In 2000, she starred in the classic renyi drama "Sunrise", playing the heroine Chen Bailu.
96 performed the photo of the year and the later group photo, and the red circle was Kong Wei
In 2007, Kong Wei was selected by Jiang Wen to play the wife of Tang Yulin, the character of Jiang Wen, in the movie "The Sun Also Rises", and her appearance this time was stunning, and was regarded by many audiences as a bright color of her acting career.
When the film was screened abroad, it was also rated as "China's Julia Roberts" by many foreign media.
Jiang Wen's wife Zhou Yun also participated in "The Sun Also Rises", and her role is "Crazy Mother". When the two of them are in the same frame, Zhou Yun's generous elegance and bright and moving Kong Wei reflect each other.
Kong Wei's temperament is very unique, loved by literary and art film directors, Li Yu found Kong Wei to shoot "Second Exposure", and also won the 14th China Film Performing Arts Society Golden Phoenix Award Society Award for Kong Wei.
Convi's star path reached a peak during "The Sun Also Rises," but then she married in 2008 and had a baby in 2009, during which time she also began to slowly reduce her workload. During this time, she filmed film and television dramas such as "Justice League", "Dear Enemy", "Tear Mole", "Running Left Left", and also completed a drama "Dinner" by Beijing Renyi.
Kong Wei and his son in a recent photo
In 2013, she was shocked by the news that left-behind children in Guizhou froze to death in garbage cans, so Kong Wei, as a native of Guizhou, prepared to set up the "Dream Transmission Public Welfare Fund", hoping to give left-behind children care and warmth, while helping them change their fate.
In the past few years, Kong Wei has spent more time on public welfare than filming.
A reporter interviewed and asked her why she did public welfare? Kong Wei laughed and said: "I didn't come to do public welfare in the entertainment industry", she said: "I still don't know what I am for, but I think, maybe it is for some encouragement." "Kong Wei said that people who do public welfare are people who give a little sunshine, and a little encouragement is the motivation to persevere." She also regrets that if she were a first-line star, public welfare might be better.
Kong Wei said that the purpose of her filming now is to return to the entertainment industry to make some achievements, so that it is better for her public welfare. "Because to live, this is the status quo. In addition, I think that my status can still bring some resources to this (public welfare) project, so I must work hard. ”
Her old classmates, Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Zu Feng and Yan Danchen, also stood for her "Dream Transmission Public Welfare Fund".
In 2017, Kong Wei participated in the TV series "The First Half of My Life", and his friend Yuan Quan was also pulled into the public welfare team by her. In March last year, the two of them visited the Burnt Ash Dam Primary School in Diantan Town, located on the border between Yunnan and Burma, which is the no. 009 project school of the Senior Education Project.
It is said that Kong Wei's goal is the "Hundred Schools Plan", and the teaching project should go into the most remote and broken schools to send teachers to the children.
Yuan Quan and Kong Wei made breakfast for the children
Yuan Quan and Kong Wei take music lessons with the children
Yao Ying in the play has a story, and Kong Wei outside the play is also a woman with a story.
In the entertainment industry, some stars who silently fade out of vision are putting down the bright and beautiful work in front of the curtain and devoting themselves to work that benefits more people in need, like Yuan Li, like Kong Wei - seeing Kong Wei's photo with children in the mountains, I think that she is more beautiful than heavy makeup.