
On the opening day of Meng Hua Lu, Ada published a letter to Sun Sanniang, the character in the play, in Weibo, with his own reading belief. This letter is addressed to Sun Sanniang, who confides in her like a friend she hasn’t seen for a long time, praises her tenacity and kindness, and shares her recent life with her. But this letter seems to be addressed to Ada herself. She told herself not to bow to other people’s comments easily, but to firmly follow the road of life that she wanted.
From bit part, whose acting is a little immature in The Painted Skin, to Yue Miaomiao, the anchor of online celebrity in The Beneficiary, who won the best actress in the film festival, to Sun Sanniang, who impressed the audience recently because of the hit of Meng Hua Lu, Ada, who was an actor across the border by the host, stumbled forward and experienced many difficulties all the way. However, she has always been as resolute and brave as San Niang. In the face of doubt and criticism, she persisted in her dream and tore off the label of "sexy" step by step, revealing the amazing side of "actress" Ada.

Interview with Ada (Part I):Be grateful for the "sexy" label, and you will be positive when you encounter unfriendly voices in your life.
Tough cattail and soft moss
Comfortable, natural and true, this is the evaluation of Ada’s performance by many audiences after watching Dream of China. Sun Sanniang, who looks dashing and dashing in the play, seems to be a far cry from Ada in people’s impression.
Sun Sanniang in the play is a straightforward and decisive person with a delicate mind. She knows life, is grounded and empathetic, and is always the first to notice the emotional changes of her sisters around her. Coupled with her superb cooking skills, she exudes a soothing fireworks atmosphere. Outside the play, Ada was once described by moss. After losing the star’s "coat", she was just like an ordinary girl next door, soft and full of vitality.
In an interview, Ada mentioned that she and Liu Yifei and Jelly Lin are intimate friends in private. Everyone will share food, beauty and all kinds of good things in life together, and they will talk about almost everything together. Her past hosting career has made her more sensitive and careful. When talking and interacting with others, she can always take care of everyone’s feelings. In life, Ada’s cooking skills are no less than those of San Niang, and friends around her all say that she is good at cooking. Through the filming of Dream of China, she also learned to carve flowers, knead dough and cook delicious food. As an ordinary person, Ada also has delicacy and truth that people don’t understand.

However, Sun Sanniang is also a soft-hearted person. She is brave, strong and independent, and dares to do anything for her friends. Even though I encountered all kinds of grievances and injustices, I still didn’t give up my life. In ancient times, when the status of women was humble, she struggled with her own hands and never gave in to her fate. From this aspect, it seems that Ada, who drifted northward, and Sun Sanniang, who drifted bianjing, have a wonderful similarity.
"When you go from a small place to a bigger city, the interpersonal network will become more complicated, there will be more and more talented people, and the competitive pressure will become greater. Therefore, you should not only have IQ online, EQ online, but also adversity quotient online, "Ada sighed." And there is no one around to be caring and attentive during the holidays, which may bring you psychological pressure and emotional changes. I can actually understand this mood. "
Being a host is Ada’s first job after she started drifting north, and that’s what she always wanted to do. She was born in a non-professional class, and she made a thousand times more efforts than others. Learn relevant professional knowledge, test Putonghua and host certificate, and strive to meet the industry standards. At that time, Ada was just like "Desperate for Three Mothers". In order to save money and time, sometimes she only took off half of her makeup when she went home. The mobile phone doesn’t turn off for 24 hours, more than a dozen programs turn around, and I wear high heels until my feet swell. But even so, she will still encounter all kinds of situations of being denied, criticized and replaced. The sense of crisis abandoned by the industry has defeated her self-confidence countless times.

Later, it was a new adventure to transform from a host to an actor. At first, she played a supporting role or guest appearance in various film and television works. In the past few years, she still has no representative work of her own. When the audience mentioned her, it was always difficult to equate her with the actress. It was not until she co-starred with Dapeng in the film The Beneficiary that she was nominated for the Best Actress in the 33rd Golden Rooster Award of China Film, and included the nominations and awards of the 11th Macau International Film Festival, the 5th China-Canada International Film Festival and other film festivals, so that more people could see the shining point of Ada as an actor.
The director of the movie Beneficiary’s bid for the Olympic Games once described Ada as "burning weeds" and "invincible Xiaoqiang". Along the way, Ada seems to have been challenging what she is not good at, but she is strong, hardworking and unyielding, with unique tenacity like Pucao, like Yue Miaomiao and Sun Sanniang. "I think people can turn over," Ada said firmly. "You must grit your teeth and try to be a better yourself, so that at least when you leave, you won’t regret it."
Live in harmony with sex appeal
For a long time in the past, Ada seemed to be firmly tied to the word "sexy".
In 2011, when Ada attended the Hong Kong premiere of the movie "Painting the Wall", she was dressed in a black tight-fitting low-cut dress, which attracted and occupied almost all the shots and pages at that time. The sexy and bright dress has brought her unprecedented exposure and topicality, and also enabled her and the team to find a new breakthrough in the future.

In fact, before this, Ada had accumulated a lot of popularity by hosting, but she was still confused about her future. Those popularity didn’t bring her any substantial changes. She couldn’t advance to the top position in the field of hosting, and she had no money and no hope.
In the cruel entertainment circle, Ada knows that opportunities are hard to come by. For her, any tiny opportunity may become a turning point to change her life. Therefore, as an opportunist, she resolutely seized the opportunity of being sexy, began to attend some occasions with publicity needs in a relatively sexy dress, and also accepted various magazine covers and charming and sexy film and television role invitations, even if it was only a short appearance. With the sexy label, Ada got more and more people’s recognition and attention, and she really became popular as she expected.
But in a sexy way, perhaps even Ada himself had never thought of it. To the people around her, she is actually a traditional and conservative person. In an interview, Ada’s agent recalled that the suspender top or skirt she wore when she hosted the program earlier, the shoulder strap must be more than three fingers wide, and the low-cut clothes would even try to sew.

It is such a person who seems to be out of place with sexy, and has been deeply linked with this label since then. Recalling his feelings when he first got this label, the first word Ada mentioned was "gratitude". "It seems like a gift to me, a pleasant surprise. Because I know myself too well, I am really not a sexy person, so when I found out that I can be sexy, I was actually very surprised. "
However, in this world, popularity is always accompanied by arguments. This weapon, named "Sexy", follows Ada in breaking waves, and sometimes it will inevitably hurt itself. After gaining traffic and attention by virtue of sex appeal, many unwarranted speculations and public opinion attacks also swarmed from all directions. Some people say that Ada is scheming and ambitious, some people satirize that she can only borrow her chest to get ahead, and all kinds of strangers insult and abuse her under her Weibo.
Maybe you can’t be completely indifferent, but these negative remarks have never defeated Ada. She used her own way to block unfriendly voices from the outside world, and sometimes even confronted them. She stumbled all the way forward, and never thought of leaving in the face of no matter how big the difficulties, because in her heart, she gained far more than she lost.

But she gets confused occasionally. "After I have played some sexy roles, the industry will have some stereotypes about me. When I try to win other roles, the other party will directly say that you are not suitable for this character." Sexy is like a fence built invisibly, which limits her way.
Fortunately, all this is slowly changing. In Ada’s view, from "Beneficiary" to "Dream of China" are the best proof of people’s impression change on her. Especially in Meng Hua Lu, there are actually many sexy and glamorous female roles, but the director and casting team gave her the role of Sun Sanniang, which was pungent and energetic, and her final performance also made more people see Ada’s versatility and plasticity as an actor.
Today, Ada describes himself as living in harmony with the label "sexy". She still doesn’t reject it, but in her life, this word no longer represents all of her. "I want to rank this label second and third for the time being. When I am 7 or 80 years old, I may rank it first again, because I really like it."
Be the one who works hardest.
Recently, in a discussion post about Dream of China in Douban, someone specifically mentioned Ada’s acting skills. It is said that under the lens of most directors, she seems to be playing the role of "edge ball". However, she was clearly nominated for the Golden Rooster Award, and she was an actress with solid lines and excellent acting skills. This time, in Dream of China, director Yang Yang didn’t dispute the consumption of Ada, let alone waste her acting skills.
In fact, looking back at Liu Yangang’s works when she was in contact with the performance, it is not difficult to see that she is immature and green. At that time, she crossed into the actor industry from the host. Without professional study, she could only explore slowly by herself. Based on her previous professional habits, she always cared about the fluency and accuracy of her lines at first, but that was often not the most real and natural expression. As a "novice", she is afraid of being scolded by the director and dragging the back of the same group of actors, and she is always trembling.

"But I think performance is a process of slow enlightenment." In terms of performance, Ada paid enough patience and efforts. She firmly grasped every opportunity, whether it was supporting role, guest appearance or wannabe who played soy sauce, every role was an opportunity for her to temper and grow.
In 2017, Ada participated in the performance competition program "The Birth of an Actor" and performed on the same stage with many professional actors. Although there is no reward and there is no guarantee of promotion, it is a rare opportunity for her to learn and prove herself. She accepted all the praises and criticisms from her mentor, and turned them into the motivation of the actress. Ada said sincerely in the program, "I am not the most talented actor, but I want to be the one who works hardest."
With the study and accumulation bit by bit, Ada began to deeply understand why performance comes from life, and gradually found a more real and natural performance rhythm and way. She mentioned in the interview that acting is actually not the key, and there is no need to "experience" the role at a certain point in time. As an actor, the best state is to "become" that character and become one with her while staying relaxed and immersed.

Interview with Ada (Part II):I made a dream of China and got a delicious meal. I didn’t have appearance anxiety but I had time anxiety.
Compared with before, Ada has received more and more scripts and role invitations, among which there are also many important roles and female number one. "I don’t really care about the multiple scenes of the role, and I don’t have a special role to challenge. I just hope to cooperate with excellent teams, excellent actors and directors to increase the value of my performance, and I can learn a lot, just like Dream of China, otherwise it is difficult for actors to grow up quickly in this industry." Talking about this, Ada showed his long-lost excitement and desire for expression. "If an actor meets a good role, he will have a great desire to create, and that feeling is like winning the lottery. This is something that can be met but not sought."
Ada has been in the business for more than twenty years. The growth of age did not make her anxious about her figure and appearance, but made her more calm than before. From the beginning, I crossed the river by feeling the stones without confidence and confidence, to learning and growing slowly, turning failure into motivation, and finally being recognized by the host and acting skills. The industry and the audience gave her space and time to grow up. Like the three ladies in Dream of China, she tried her best to win hard-won opportunities and change her destiny with her own strength.
"On the whole, I’m satisfied with my career and life," Ada said of myself so far. "I’m more appreciative of Ada himself.
Written by Wang Xuening
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