Jang Dong-gun
In 2012, Zhang starred next to Cecilia Cheung and Jang Dong-gun in the Chinese-Korean co-production "Dangerous Liaisons", an adaptation of the French novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses", narrating Shanghai of the 1930s. Zhang was reportedly paid 20 million RMB (approximately $3.5 million) for the role. The same year, she was cast in the coming-of-age film "Forever Young" directed and written by Li Fangfang. The film premiered in January 2018.