Exclusive dialogue with Zhang Yi | After running for many years, the golden rooster turned positive, and he broke through his true colors.


Special feature of 1905 film network The moment I won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, my mind was blank — — Nominated with his partner in the same group, he was ready to "run with him" again early. And the sudden "becoming a full member" makes Zhang Yi, who has always been calm, look happy and somewhat "embarrassed" on the stage.



"I know I’m not the best, but I really love my career!" When I was a student, Zhang Yi used a "fake actor’s card" to show off that he had become an actor. Nowadays, the "genuine" award is not only recognition and praise for all his past efforts, but also will give actor Zhang Yixin new thoughts and answers.


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At the age of 10, Zhang Yi stood in front of the cinema on Harbin Central Street and saw the huge poster of the director’s works for the first time. Years later, at the age of 40, he finally walked into the lens of director Zhang Yimou. Behind this dreamlike experience, which now seems to be full of "cinematic feeling", is an actor’s rough years and namelessness through his love and persistence.



Ordinary appearance made Zhang Yi have no performance opportunities for a long time. The drama troupe has been a walk-on for ten years. He worked as a screenwriter and a reporter. When the group was busy, he made a guest appearance as a host, but he just couldn’t wait for the role that belonged to him.


Later, I went to the crew to audition and cast thousands of resumes, almost all of which sank into the sea. Some directors bluntly said, "We’re going to shoot an idol drama, and we’ll take your photos away quickly." Some even told him, "Zhang Yi, you should stop acting, and acting is a’ death’".


Depression, pain, but Zhang Yi convinced himself to take these as "polishing", just to keep the "lowest dignity of actors" in his heart.


If the appearance is not dominant, he will work harder than others in other aspects: in order to win a substitute role in the drama version of Soldier Assault, Zhang Yi memorized all the lines of everyone. At that time, he finally failed to get on the stage, but these accumulations became the "capital" for Zhang Yi to recommend himself to the director.


Zhang Yi plays Shi Jin in Soldier Assault.


Before the TV series "Soldier Assault" started shooting, Zhang Yi sent a 3000-word letter of recommendation. In this way, the "monitor Shi Jin", which has not many scenes, together with this work, has become an unforgettable classic in the minds of countless audiences, and this role has completely changed the fate of Zhang Yi.


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It’s hard to wait for the first play, and it’s even harder to gain the first recognition.


"Monitor Shi" made Zhang Yi feel the satisfaction of being recognized by the audience when he went out on the street for the first time, but there are still voices in the industry questioning whether he can only rely on the "true colors" of his military career to support his role compared with acting.


When he joined the army at the age of 18, the lush years meant nothing to Zhang Yi. For this reason, from "Soldiers Assault", "My Head and My Regiment" to big-screen works, he has a deep military complex, and he is cautious about taking on such works because he "doesn’t want to waste precious opportunities on an unworthy work."


Zhang Yi plays Yang Rui, the captain of the "Dragon" in Operation Red Sea.


He was once rated as "the way of acting is not wide", but Zhang Yi never stopped there willingly. Outside the military theme, he began to make bold breakthroughs to prove that he had more possibilities in performance.


In Dear, Han Dezhong, a strong and painful father, a night security guard who is down and out, a wretched and treacherous "old abacus" in the movie, and a nameless ordinary hero … … No one tries to distinguish Zhang Yi’s "true colors" among these characters.


In order to complete these roles, Zhang Yi endured a broken leg injury and once lost 110 pounds; He learns all the scenes that need to use dialects word by word, even in the dubbing stage. Some people say that this person is like a "drama madman". Zhang Yi said with a smile that he just wants to compete with himself and the outside world. This "awkward" process has also achieved his continuous gains on the road of performance.


Zhang Yi plays Gao Yuan in My People,My Country.


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Zhang Yi once spent four years writing a collection of essays entitled "An unreliable actor loves to say what if". The opening paragraph reads, "Actors, they walk on the road almost every day, stay in different hotels and listen to different dialects … … They usually have strong imagination and expressive power, and the stories they tell are interesting, rhythmic, suspenseful and burdened … … It’s just a pity that no one has recorded it. "


So he decided to take notes of the next actor’s work every day. "I have a work diary and a schedule. I have been planning to be 60 years old by 2038. " Through these diaries, Zhang Yi found that there were not many days when he really "rested", and filming in the crew became the normal state of life. Compared with being busy and tired, he felt that such days were practical.


During the months of filming, Zhang Yi found the lens of director Zhang Yimou on the central street in Harbin, which he was familiar with. The dream returned to the place where it started, and it took Zhang Yi 30 years to get here.



In the Golden Rooster Award acceptance speech, his voice trembled and he said that he was not the "best actor". From plain appearance and repeated missed opportunities to "the road to play is too narrow", from the rudeness of blindly "adding drama" on the stage to the resignation due to the pressure of the role, this once "unreliable actor" finally gained recognition in the industry and "turned positive" was the best actor.


The voice that once questioned has become the praise of "Zhang Yi products must be fine" — — In the upcoming Spring Festival, his new film with director Zhang Yimou will meet the audience again. "Pressure doesn’t exist (for me)." Faced with a lot of expectations, Zhang Yi was very calm. "The quality of a movie is by no means determined by one actor or several actors. The film is the art of the director first, and the second place is the book of a play."



At the age of 40, Zhang Yi participated in the works directed by Zhang Yimou for the first time; Forty years after the Golden Rooster Award, he won the first Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor trophy. "Forty is an important growth point, just like driving, it’s time to change gears. We will get better and better, and China movies will get better and better. "


On the first day of the Spring Festival, the box office exceeded 1.4 billion, and Watergate Bridge set a number of records.

Special feature of 1905 film network Tiger leaps and dragons are born with purple gas, and the weather is good and the weather is good.On February 1st, 2022, the first day of the Year of the Tiger, the film market in China got off to a good start. Many city cinemas have a constant audience from morning till night, and it is hard to get a ticket. Watching movies has become a new year custom.


According to the statistics of the National Film Office, the single-day box office on February 1st (the first day of New Year’s Day) exceeded 1.4 billion yuan, ranking the third in the single-day box office of China film history. The top five box offices of new films all exceeded 100 million, from high to low, they were 635 million, 226 million, 213 million, 181 million and 105 million respectively.


On the first day of the Spring Festival, "Watergate Bridge on Changjin Lake" grossed 635 million yuan, breaking 15 movie history records, such as war, history, and drama films. Grand war scenes, fine special effects pictures and deep feelings for home and country make this film the first choice for most audiences to watch movies during the Spring Festival.


According to the current box office trend and audience’s word of mouth, Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake is not only expected to break the "curse" of the Spring Festival file since 2017 that "the box office leader can’t become the final box office champion", but also more likely to surpass its predecessor The Battle at Lake Changjin and create a new single box office record in the history of China cinema.



Four Seas, This Killer is Not Too Cold and Quiet, and Miracle Stupid Child are three single-day box offices on New Year’s Day, followed closely.


Among them, the racing theme work "Four Seas" is the third Chinese New Year movie directed after that. As the only pure comedy movie in the schedule, The Killer is not too cold and quiet is obviously different from other film types, and the audience diversion pressure is relatively limited. Miracle Stupid Child is the second realistic feature film after the director. Witnessing the third cooperation, Douban scored 7.7, ranking first among the eight new films. Whether the film can replicate the box office trend last year is worth looking forward to.



The competition for the Spring Festival stalls is fierce, which has laid the groundwork from the pre-sale stage. Before the official opening of the Spring Festival in 2022, the competition for pre-sale qualifying of eight new films was fierce. Four films, Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake, Four Seas, This Killer is Not Too Cold and Quiet, and Miracle Stupid Child, were pre-sold over 100 million, making them the most pre-sale films in China film history. Among them, the first day pre-sale of Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake was as high as 328 million yuan, which led the major new films and ranked second in the pre-sale list of the premiere day of China film history.


In terms of animated films, "Bears Come Back to Earth" closed at 105 million yuan on its first day. It is worth looking forward to whether the final box office of the film can create a new high in the series of "Bears". , and provide more choices for parent-child file viewing.



The box office made a good start on the first day of the Spring Festival, creating conditions for the whole box office and the box office in February to reach a new high.


In terms of cinema box office, the number of cinemas in Beijing reached 6 in the TOP10 of the national cinema box office list on New Year’s Day. In the data of the same period in 2021, only one Beijing cinema was on the list. The difference between the two may explain from the side that in order to better support the epidemic prevention and control, more and more residents in first-and second-tier cities have chosen to celebrate the New Year on the spot. Watching movies has become one of the best entertainment methods for local residents during the Spring Festival.


TOP10 National Cinema Box Office Rankings on New Year’s Day


According to statistics, from 2011 to 2022 (except 2020), the single-day box office of China mainland film market repeatedly broke new highs, from the initial 54 million to the highest 1.692 billion. Behind the fact that the box office broke through new highs many times on the first day of the New Year’s Day, it is not only the maturity of the Spring Festival file, but also a microcosm of the maturity of the mainland film market in China and the rapid development of the quality and quantity of domestic films.



As a cultural carrier, movies have the important functions of bearing social morality and actively promoting cultural construction and the prosperity and development of literature and art. At the same time, movies are the embodiment of cultural soft power. In recent years, the constantly emerging high-quality domestic films, such as "Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake", have attracted widespread attention in overseas markets.


The transformation from a big movie country to a powerful movie country is on the way.


From June, these new regulations will affect your life and mine!

The Preschool Education Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) shall come into force on June 1, 2025.The development of preschool education adheres to the government’s leadership, mainly organized by the government, and vigorously develops inclusive preschool education.The state establishes a funding system for preschool education,Conditional places gradually promote the implementation of free preschool education.. Kindergartens should scientifically implement conservation and education activities that conform to the laws of preschool children’s physical and mental development and age characteristics, and may not teach primary school courses.

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The adoption of the pre-school education law provides a strong legal guarantee for the universal, inclusive, safe and high-quality development of pre-school education

The revised Regulations on the Payment of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises shall come into force on June 1, 2025. The revised Regulations clearly state that,Organs, institutions and large enterprises shall not require small and medium-sized enterprises to accept unreasonable payment terms, methods, conditions and liabilities for breach of contract, and shall not default on the payment for goods, projects and services of small and medium-sized enterprises.. Organs and institutions purchasing goods, projects and services from small and medium-sized enterprises shall pay the money within 30 days from the date of delivery of the goods, projects and services; If there are other provisions in the contract, such provisions shall prevail, but the longest payment period shall not exceed 60 days.

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Guarantee the payment of small and medium-sized enterprises! The State Council’s order is coming!

On June 1, 2025, the "Decision of the State Council on Amending the Provisional Regulations on Express Delivery" came into effect, which filled the institutional gap in the management of express delivery packaging in China. A chapter is added to the revised "Regulations" as Chapter VI, which is entitled "Express Packaging", including Articles 37 to 45. explicitEncourage the establishment of packaging recycling facilities and equipment in express delivery business premises, enterprises and institutions, residential quarters and other appropriate places; Encourage enterprises engaged in express delivery business to guide users to reuse packaging materials through bonus points, delivery discounts and other means..

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Li Qiang signed the the State Council Order to promulgate the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Provisional Regulations on Express Delivery.

The National Internet Information Office and the Ministry of Public Security jointly promulgated the Measures for the Safety Management of Face Recognition Technology Application, which will come into force on June 1, 2025. The "Measures" stipulate the basic requirements and processing rules for the application of face recognition technology to process face information, the safety specifications for the application of face recognition technology, and the responsibilities of supervision and management. Among them, it is clear that there are other ways of non-face recognition technology to achieve the same goal or meet the same business requirements.Face recognition technology should not be used as the only verification method.. No organization or individual may mislead, cheat or coerce individuals to accept face recognition technology to verify their personal identity on the grounds of handling business and improving service quality.

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New regulations on the application of face recognition technology are introduced! It will take effect on June 1.

Six departments, including the National Health and Wellness Commission, jointly issued the Notice on Regulating the Management of Advance Payment in Public Medical Institutions, requiring public medical institutions to completely stop collecting advance payment for outpatients from March 31, 2025.Reduce the amount of advance payment for hospitalization from June 30, 2025.. The notice requires that public medical institutions should refer to the average hospitalization expenses and personal out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by inpatients in the first three years of the same disease, and reasonably determine the amount of hospitalization advance payment, and the amount of hospitalization advance payment for medical insurance patients will be reduced to the average level of individual out-of-pocket payment in the same disease and protection category.

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Advance payment for hospitalization in public hospitals, health!

In order to further facilitate the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel, China has decided to expand the scope of visa-free countries, from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026.Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay.Ordinary passport holders who come to China for business, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends, exchange visits and transit for less than 30 days may be exempted from visas. Those who do not meet the visa-free conditions still need to complete their visas to China before entering the country.

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China has tried visa-free policies for these five countries.

On June 1, 2025, the revised Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties in People’s Republic of China (PRC) came into force. The "Regulations" have improved the relevant systems from these aspects:One isIt is stipulated that new plant varieties that violate the law and endanger social public interests and ecological environment shall not be granted variety rights.The second isIt is stipulated that except for the loss of novelty in sales and promotion, if it is confirmed by the competent departments of agriculture, rural areas, forestry and grassland of the provincial people’s government that the fact has spread according to the planting area, and if the crop varieties have been approved or registered for more than 2 years without applying for the right to new plant varieties, it is deemed to have lost novelty.The third isStrengthen the management of the names of authorized varieties, increase the cases that may not be used for variety naming, and make it clear that the names of authorized varieties do not meet the naming requirements, and shall be ordered to change their names. If they refuse to change their names, the variety rights shall be declared invalid.

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Li Qiang signed the the State Council Order to promulgate the revised Regulations on the Protection of New Plant Varieties in People’s Republic of China (PRC).

The General Administration of Market Supervision issued the first industry standard for market supervision-Management Standard for Online Stores of Natural Persons, which came into effect on June 1, 2025. The "Management Specification" clarifies the requirements of online trading platform operators on the entry, operation, exit and data submission of natural person online shop platforms.The first is to unify the entry standards.. In the process of entry, according to the principle of minimum necessity, the scope of information collected by online trading platform operators when natural person online stores enter the platform is clarified to facilitate the market access of natural person online stores.The second is to unify operating rules.. In the operation link, the management requirements of online trading platform operators on the operation inspection, online store display, information publicity, consumer complaints, compliance management, rights relief and other aspects of natural person online stores are clarified, and natural person online stores are urged to operate according to laws and regulations.The third is the unified exit mechanism.. In the exit link, we will implement the statutory information disclosure requirements in detail and emphasize the protection of consumers’ legitimate rights and interests.The fourth is to unify the data submission standards.. Clarify the requirements of online trading platform operators for information record preservation of natural person online stores and the requirements for submitting data to market supervision departments, so as to lay a data foundation for intelligent supervision of online transactions.

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"Natural person online shop management standard" issued

The People’s Bank of China and other six departments jointly issued the Notice on Regulating Supply Chain Finance Business and Guiding Supply Chain Information Service Institutions to Serve SME Financing Better, which will take effect on June 15, 2025. The "Notice" requires that core enterprises in the supply chain pay the funds of SMEs in a timely manner, share the financing costs of the supply chain reasonably, and must not use their dominant position to default on the accounts of SMEs or improperly increase the accounts receivable of SMEs.It is clear that the payment term of accounts receivable in electronic certificate should be within 6 months in principle, and the longest is no more than 1 year.Encourage commercial banks to develop diversified supply chain financial models, and support supply chain enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to carry out credit loans and pledge financing business based on movable property and rights such as orders, inventories and warehouse receipts.

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The relevant person in charge of the People’s Bank of China answered a reporter’s question on "Notice on Regulating Supply Chain Finance Business and Guiding Supply Chain Information Service Institutions to Serve SME Financing Better"

The Measures for the Promotion and Management of Catering Industry jointly revised and issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission will be implemented on June 15, 2025, and the original Measures for the Management of Catering Industry (Trial) will be abolished at the same time. The revision of the Measures highlights the promotion orientation.Increase the catering industry’s foreign exchange and cooperation, digital development, standard system revision, and cultivation of local specialty catering.And other encouraging provisions to guide the high-quality development of the catering industry. Strictly comply with the requirements of relevant laws and regulations, fromInternal management, reminders, feeding links, consumption scenariosClarify the anti-food waste requirements and encouraging measures of catering service operators, and optimize and adjust the relevant requirements of operation and management. At the same time, improve the responsibilities of relevant competent departments and the terms of law enforcement convergence, and increase relevant contents such as promoting industry development, stopping food waste and safe production.

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The Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission revised and promulgated the Measures for the Promotion and Management of Catering Industry.

On June 1, 2025, the "Measures for the Administration of Adopting International Standards" revised by the General Administration of Market Supervision came into effect. The main contents of the revision include:One isClarify the scope of the adopted international standards and the scope of the subject of adopting standards.The second isEstablish a tracking mechanism for the whole process of international standards.The third isClarify the requirements for the formulation cycle of national standards.The fourth isStrengthen the requirements of copyright policy.The fifth isImprove the supervision and error correction mechanism adopting international standards.

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It will be implemented on June 1! "Management Measures for Adopting International Standards" was promulgated

The national standard "Standard for Comprehensive Evaluation of Public Credit" (GB/T 45255-2025) jointly drafted by the National Center for Public Credit and Geospatial Information, China National Institute of Standardization and other units was implemented on June 1, 2025. This standard is based on the general principle, evaluation content, evaluation grade expression method and meaning, evaluation cycle, evaluation verification and evaluation application of public credit comprehensive evaluation.The technical requirements for comprehensive evaluation of public credit are stipulated.It provides reference for all regions and departments to promote the comprehensive evaluation and application of public credit, and is of great significance for accelerating the construction of a new credit-based supervision mechanism.

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The National Development and Reform Commission promotes the publication of the national standard "Standard for Comprehensive Evaluation of Public Credit"

On June 1st, 2025, the Measures for Meteorological Application and Service of Artificial Intelligence issued by China Meteorological Bureau and National Internet Information Office came into effect. The Measures takes "agile governance" as an important principle, respects the development law of artificial intelligence, and adheres to the legislative orientation of promoting innovation and governing according to law. "Measures" revolve aroundData Openness, Algorithm Model Development and Application Scenario EmpowermentAnd put forward specific policy support and promotion measures to strengthenArtificial intelligence and meteorological monitoring and early warning, forecasting and numerical forecastingDeep integration of applications in other fields, and construction of artificial intelligence meteorological application service scenarios. At the same time, it provides for the competent meteorological departments to participate in the development and governance of artificial intelligence application services in the international meteorological field.

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Measures for Meteorological Application Services of Artificial Intelligence released