Singers are popular by songs, actors are popular by dramas, these actors debut as a "background board", are looked down upon, only rely on a drama counterattack, and are worth hundreds of millions of dollars overnight.
First, Li Yifeng
In 2014, Li Yifeng captured the hearts of thousands of young girls with the role of Baili Tusu in the TV series "Ancient Sword Qitan". So far, his film, television, magazine invitations continue, advertising endorsements received soft, in the Forbes celebrity list at the top, Li Yifeng has become the pioneer of the traffic era.
Before this, Li Yifeng's actor road was not smooth. He debuted in 2007 and was silent for seven years, and worked as a "background board" in tv dramas for 5 years. In 2009, he opened his own acting path, cameoing in a small role in "The Prince of Come on Tennis", and there was not even him on the poster, and the male protagonist was Qin Junjie.
At that time, Li Yifeng probably would not have thought that after 7 years, he would be popular all over the streets and alleys, sought after by tens of millions of fans, and the former male protagonist was matching himself in "Qingyunzhi".
Before starring in "The Return of a Thousand Golds" in 13 years, Li Yifeng participated in a total of 7 roles in 5 years, all of which were supporting roles, and the promotional posters could only be used as a "background board" for others, even in "The Return of a Thousand Golds", he was only one of the male protagonists, and Li Qin was a big female protagonist.
Until the emergence of "Ancient Sword Qitan", Li Yifeng really became a big male protagonist. After the TV series was broadcast, Li Yifeng won the first place in the Vlinkage artist list for 78 consecutive days, the Vlinkage index hit a new single-day high for mainland actors, and the Baidu index ranked first in male star search for more than 100 consecutive days. It is also the TV series adapted from this game that illuminates his star path.
2. Zhao Liying: The Legend of Lu Zhen
In 2006, in the Yahoo Star Search Competition, Zhao Liying won the Feng Xiaogang group championship and began her own acting career. For 7 years, Zhao Liying ran dragon sets in various TV series and played small roles.
In the variety show, when Zhao Liying first debuted, in order to wait for the night play, she slept on the stones in the ravine. No assistants, nothing. In the interview, Zhao Liying also said that she had been sad for many years, saying that when she was not hot, she was disliked by the director for filming, and the director also spoke harshly to each other, saying that her mouth was a "pig's mouth".
In May 2013, Zhao Liying finally ushered in the first female lead drama - "The Legend of Lu Zhen", she played the intelligent and wise generation of female phase Lu Zhen, may be the accumulation of 7 years of acting experience, or may be her determination to get ahead, zhao Liying, who is not "born in the class", showed her flexible and natural acting skills in "The Legend of Lu Zhen".
The inspirational story of the protagonist's growth coupled with the emotional entanglement between the female phase and the emperor touched the hearts of many viewers, and the drama accounted for an average of 8.72% of the viewership share in the national network viewership statistics during the premiere, ranking first in the same period and ranking third in the annual ratings statistics.
After the fire of "The Legend of Lu Zhen", no one dared to look down on her anymore, Zhao Liying became the contemporary female "top stream", and the dramas she starred in were very popular one after another, and she was the actress with the most representative works in 85 flowers, and Zhao Liying was the guarantee of ratings.
3. Zhu Yilong: "Zhen Soul"
From 2009 to 2018, Zhu Yilong, who graduated from the class, has been debuting for 10 years, and in the past ten years, he has participated in 12 dramas, basically all of which are supporting roles, only one or two dramas that are the protagonists, and they are particularly pastey, and there is no splash after broadcasting. Ten years ago, Zhu Yilong was in the entertainment industry and has been tepid.
In 2018, the delayed drama "Town Soul" was broadcast, and Zhu Yilong played two roles in it: Shen Wei and Ye Zun, because it was a TV series adapted from the original novel, so the drama caused a hot discussion on the Internet as soon as it was broadcast, and everyone discussed whether the plot was in line with the original work and whether there was a "magic change".
Zhu Yilong has a quiet and weak temperament, and the character he plays Shen Wei is a gentle and elegant professor, many fans have said that Zhu Yilong's temperament is very in line with the character image in the original novel, and he uses superb acting skills to perfectly present a role in front of the public.
The attractive plot story coupled with the actor's good acting skills made this drama quickly popular, and the handsome-looking Zhu Yilong also became a member of the male "top stream" because of this drama. All kinds of online and offline peripherals about him were snatched up, and all kinds of entertainment data were the first at that time, and Zhu Yilong finally "turned over".
IV. Xiao Zhan: "Chen QingLing"
Remember the summer of 19 years, the summer vacation of two big hit dramas? One of them is the "Chen Qing Ling". Xiao Zhan played the dashing, uninhibited, kind and righteous Wei Wuxian in it, the drama was adapted from the inky copper stinky novel "The Magic Road Ancestor", the original book had a large number of fans plus this explosive theme, the episode was broadcast, and the handsome-looking male protagonist Xiao Zhan dominated the list of artists.
In 15 years, Xiao Zhan appeared on the screen through the inspirational program "Burning Bar Youth" through the cultivation of ordinary people, and officially debuted as a member of the boy band of "X Jiu Youth Group" in 16 years, at this time Xiao Zhan had no popularity. Starred in "Oh! My Majesty the Emperor), but he can only be the second male.
Thanks to "Chen Qingling", Xiao Zhan finally turned over and became the "top stream", and until now he is still the first place in the list of super words. Although "Chen Qing Ling" has been finished for a long time, the number of broadcasts is still rising, which is enough to show that this is a good drama, which is why a drama can win out Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo, the two "top streams".
V. Li Xian's "Dear Beloved"
Before the broadcast of "Dear Beloved", everyone's feeling about Li Xian was that there was a little impression but could not be named. He played a supporting role for Chen Xiao in "The Brother Who Slept on My Top Bunk Bed", and relied on the TV series "Forensic Qin Ming" to enhance some of his popularity, but the national popularity is still very low.
Another drama that exploded in the summer of 1919 was "Dear Beloved" starring Li Xian, with an average of 300 million + plays per episode, a double station broke a rating, and the topic reading volume exceeded 30 billion, which became a phenomenon-level blockbuster drama.
In the play, Han Shangyan and Tong Nian's sweet love aroused the audience's girlish heart, and the male protagonist Han Shangyan was cold and responsible on the inside, and was a very perfect boyfriend. Li Xian also became the "current boyfriend" in the mouths of girls because of this role.
6. Ren Jialun: "Under the Golden Dress"
Ren Jialun was once a member of a Korean boy band, and later embarked on the road of acting, and successively took on some small roles. There is also his figure in "Qingyunzhi", and he who plays a small supporting role in it only appears in a few episodes, or a very ugly "kill Matt style".
In 19 years, "Under the Golden Dress" was broadcast, Ren Jialun played the Jinyi Wei Lu Xuan in it, handsome makeup and attractive plot attracted a large number of viewers, who did not expect that this small cost of production of costume detective type small sweet drama will be a big fire.
In the play, he is a cold and handsome and will judge the case of Lu Daren, in reality he is a versatile funny handsome man, singing, dancing, playing table tennis like a line, Ren Jialun thus gained many "fans", became a new generation of costume male gods, followed up in a number of costume drama male protagonists.
VII. Gong Jun: "Mountain and River Order"
In 2015, Gong Jun's acting career began, and by 2021 he starred in "Mountain and River Order", 6 years apart in between, these six years have hardly heard Gong Jun's name, but in many small sweet dramas to see his figure, he participated in many small cost production web dramas, still very mushy.
In "Mountain and River Order", he played the male protagonist Wen Kexing, Wen Kexing dared to hate and dare to love, dared to be the enemy of the world, but he could also put down a thought and be kind. This rich character is matched by his handsome face, and no one will say no to him. After the broadcast of the Mountain and River Order, Gong Jun has also become the last "top stream" of the explosion so far.
It can be seen that a good drama with favorable timing and place is too important for actors! Actors really have to choose the script carefully, because sometimes "turning over" depends on a play.