Recently, the star girl Ejingwen broke the news in a certain program, talking about her past with xingye.
E Jingwen said that when filming "The King of New Comedy", as a newcomer, she was not afraid of the prestige of Xingye, and when Zhou Xingchi proposed a new idea, she would even bluntly veto: "I think this is not good" and refused Zhou Xingchi's request to remake.
At the end of the conversation, this anecdote between E Jingwen and Zhou Xingchi has been on the major hot searches and has become the audience's talk after tea and dinner.
However, when I saw this, I always had a feeling of déjà vu, which was not new.
Turning over the information of the past, sure enough, as early as 2019, when the "King of New Comedy" crew participated in the interview, the host asked Ejingwen "impression of Xingye", and Ejingwen's answer was the same as at the moment.
The same thing, the same tone, and even the structure end with "Star Master will not be angry".
At that moment, just in time.
The old baggage of 3 years ago is still shaking today, and speaking of this, it is not difficult to speculate on Ejingwen two points:
1, so many years Ejingwen is still relying on Zhou Xingchi for a living, to participate in major variety shows to take the initiative to report, in order to show identity.
2, when the two collaborated on "The King of New Comedy", the two probably did not have many interesting things outside the work, which led to Ejingwen frying the same bowl of cold rice for three years, and even the structure was familiar.
Of course, this can also be deduced from point 3.
For example, Zhou and E don't have much personal relationship, and it's still an old thing about this old sesame rotten grain, but in the final analysis, tracing back to the roots, it is still necessary to find Ejingwen himself ——
Not red.
3 years, still taking the star as a topic, but all the last show has to be repeated, endless, as if it has become a fixed package, the microphone can be taken over with a strong muscle memory to play a set of "star girl fist".
Admittedly, he had nothing to show his hand.
In terms of works, after "The King of New Comedy", E Jingwen only participated in the Sitcom "Can Endure Big" of Deyun Society, and the protagonist is still Deyun's children, she is not even a female number one, and she is squeezed in the corner.
In terms of movies, only 2 works have been released in the past three years.
"Dream Choir" with Andy Lau plays a music teacher, on the scene is also a cameo, this year's release of "True Three Kingdoms Matchless" according to the data shown that E Jingwen played a "village woman", I was blind and did not find it.
Moreover, both films are films from 2016 when E Jingwen was running dragon sets.
That is to say, since the name of "Star Girl" was put on in 2019, Ejingwen has not had a starring work so far, and even variety shows have few stars.
The most uncomfortable thing is to open a certain section of information, in the "Star Girl Representative Figures" column, from Zhu Yin, Zhang Min to Zhang Yuqi, Lin Yun, the bottom at the end is the happy old woman Zhang Mei'e.
In the procession, there was no such person as Ejingwen.
In contrast, the last star girl Lin Yun:
After becoming famous, he cooperated with Xu Ke, Wu Yifan, Chen Weiting, etc. to cooperate with new films, participated in 9 variety shows a year, appeared on the cover of 20+ mainstream magazines, squeezed into the Forbes elite list under 30 years old, and even reported that the amount of online shopping reached 8 figures.
One debut is the peak, holding a rocket straight into the clouds, one debuting on the cliff, holding Zhou Xingchi's number card disappeared.
This gap is not too much to say that "the judgment is like cloud mud".
Why did Ejingwen come to this point?
Below, Dego will analyze from the three perspectives of movies, companies and markets: how the most tragic star girl was born.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" >: Movie</h1>
The impact of fame on actors is enough to last a lifetime.
For example, Zhou Jie, who recently participated in a variety show, has obviously transformed into an entrepreneur for many years, but the program group still arranged for him to sing the power train's "Dang".
Similarly, Zhao Wei, Su Youpeng, Zhang Tielin and others who participated in variety shows were always arranged by the program group to "remember to kill".
Speaking of Lin Yun, several keywords immediately appeared in the audience's mind: "Mermaid", funny, 3.3 billion box office.
Speaking of Huang Shengyi, even if she has "become a demon" in recent years, when her image begins to be figurative, the pure love girl in "Kung Fu" with a white dress and soaked in sweat always makes the evil ridicule of the body disappear.
A good work is like an anchor dropped at the beginning of the voyage, even if the actor tries various failures in the later stages, and the human setting collapses again and again, but when the familiar character, the familiar story, reappears with that memory, the audience's memory will be formatted and returned to the original starting point.
Similarly, a failed masterpiece will also drag down the actors.
For example, Zhang Han, who also participated in the show.
When Song Dandan asked about Zhang Han's famous works, Zhang Han did not know whether he was ashamed to open his mouth or deliberately avoided, but in front of everyone, he answered the question in a dignified manner.
Just don't say those few words - "Let's See the Meteor Shower".
He was unwilling to say, unwilling to mention, unwilling to bring the audience back, unwilling to have any relationship with that thunder drama, its existence was like a humble origin for Zhang Han, a bloodline that he desperately wanted to cover up.
The same is true of "The King of New Comedy" for Ejingwen.
Filming began in October 2018, and just a month later, it was announced that it would enter the next Spring Festival file.
From the emergence of the signs to the release, it is only 2 months, and the tension of the construction period and the hasty posture have made countless audiences ashamed.
Secondly, compared with the all-star lineup of Deng Chao + Zhang Yuqi + Luo Zhixiang + Xu Ke + Wu Yifan, the lineup of "The King of New Comedy" has obviously dropped by more than one grade, looking at the entire cast, in addition to Wang Baoqiang, Tian Qiwen is still somewhat well-known.
If you look at it from today's point of view, its lineup is even inferior to Wang Baoqiang's "Legend of Shaolin Temple".
At that time, the industry's speculation about this film was mixed, some people said that this was "Mermaid 2" because of too many special effects in the post-production, unable to catch up with the Spring Festival release, which rushed out to produce a low-end version to fill the vacancies.
Some people also say that this is Zhou Xingchi signed a "VAM agreement", in 4 years must earn 1.04 billion profits, if insufficient, Zhou Xingchi himself will use cash compensation, which is the last resort.
Even more netizens opened their minds: this movie was made by Qiu Litao, and it has nothing to do with Zhou Xingchi.
Various claims are rife, and the fact is that:
"The King of New Comedy" became Stephen Chow's worst film in recent years.
First the box office sucks:
In 2016, "The Mermaid" won 33.9 box office, justifying Zhou's comedy style, in 2017, "Journey to the West" won 1.65 billion yuan to dominate the Spring Festival file, and in 2019, "The King of New Comedy" was cut in half, only 628 million box office.
It doesn't look bad, but on second thought —
This is a film directed by Stephen Chow and draped in "The King of Comedy" to remember the killing, of the 600 million box office, the first week of box office accounted for 536 million, follow-up directly to the fire.
Judging from the box office trend, the 600 million box office is basically "emotional points", and everyone is "deceived".
Without the blessing of these two sides, the box office of "The King of New Comedy" may become a disaster.
Then there is the bad reputation:
After the film was released, it suffered from word-of-mouth storms, under the guise of feelings, showing off old terriers and fried cold rice, a large number of fans walked out of the cinema and shouted disappointment, and the ratings dropped again and again.
No investment, no laughter, no depth.
To this day, although many fans have helped the film to justify the name through "deep analysis" and "alternative interpretation", the score still does not exceed the passing line, and no matter what occasion the film is discussed, it will always be accompanied by controversy and contempt.
With its shabby lineup, the box office, the collapsing word of mouth, and the anecdotes that are confusing outside the movie, "The King of New Comedy" loses both inside and outside, and when all this tragedy needs a symbol to bear, a name appears
- Ejingwen.
Whether it is a variety show or a new film, with the emergence of Ejingwen, people can always think of "The King of New Comedy", this face has become the spokesperson for that tragedy, and the negative impact even has to overshadow the support of "Star Girl".
Ejingwen was born miserably like the fate of Shu out, although he was a royal family, he was only a frontier and had a false name.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="80" > 2, companies and individuals</h1>
After reading some of Ejingwen's interviews and materials, one of my feelings is: screwba.
Whether it is Ejingwen's negotiations with the company or individuals, this kind of screwing has always existed, and has greatly consumed the heat period of Ejingwen.
Ejingwen, whose original name was Ebo, graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, talked about his alma mater, and always read out those familiar names:
Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Tang Wei and "Ejingwen".
After graduation, because I couldn't find a job, I embarked on the comedy road, signed up for the 2014 "I'm Crazy for Comedy", and didn't expect to give the green light all the way and won the first place.
However, due to the low popularity of the show, Ejingwen did not go out of the circle, but fortunately, he firmly established the road of acting.
After making a few cameo appearances, in 2016, he signed up for the third season of the comedy variety show "Smiling Proud of the River".
With an exaggerated performance without baggage, a loud action rhythm, and excellent comedic talent, although EJingwen did not win the place in this season, he was deeply loved by Song Dandan, and the follow-up was hand-picked on the spot.
It was at this time that Zhou Xingchi, who was far away in Hong Kong, noticed Ejingwen.
At first, the assistant director of "Voldemort" first called Ejingwen and asked Ejingwen to make a cameo role in the film as a "village woman B" holding a child.
When the next phone call came, it was an audition for "The New King of Comedy" the following year.
Ejingwen passed the pass all the way, broke through seven levels in a row, and won the favor of Zhou Xingchi step by step, who even took the initiative to run to Shenzhen to find Ejingwen for a second round of auditions, and finally knocked down the starring role.
According to Zhou Xingchi's answer, she was able to choose Ejingwen only because her dragon set career was very compatible with the background required by the movie.
And this is also the biggest difference between Ejingwen and the previous "star girls": she is stepping from the dragon set to the starring role.
There is no face-to-face reporter in "The Sewing Machine Band", and the scenes in "Hypnosis Master" are all cut, and this bitter experience is also deeply imprinted on Ejingwen's body.
As E Jingwen himself said, I did not run out overnight, but a full 9 years of dragon set career in exchange for such an opportunity.
9 years of dragon set no one asked, a "star girl" known to the world.
The early salary tasted the guts of Ejingwen, who was pushed to the center of the stage, overwhelmed, and the cooperation opportunities that used to avoid her are now coming, and they have lost themselves in the invitation of the fish and dragons.
She wants to become an actress, wants to become the second Gong Li, and believes in "speaking with works", so when the company helped Ejingwen to receive notices and negotiate variety shows in order to maintain the popularity of the trend, she was rejected by Ejingwen.
Even the only topic of "Actors Please Take Place" is that Zhou Xingchi supported her before going.
Ejingwen's biggest workload on weekdays is to wait for the script at home, but when the script finds Ejingwen, the company he likes is unwilling, and the script handed by the company cannot be read by himself.
Obviously, the sudden fame of Ejingwen can not adapt to the current business rhythm, and has not found a balance between the company and the individual.
The company wants her to be more exposed, but she only wants to precipitate, but she does not know that when the actors have no heat, they will lose the right to choose the script.
The same twist is reflected in herself.
The complicated experience makes Ejingwen like a collision of two ideologies, and in the interview, while saying that he has "low material desires" and would rather do housework than act, but opening his mouth and shutting up is to "Gong Li" and "Zhang Ziyi".
While talking about his Buddhist lineage, but he is extremely concerned about the evaluation of the media and netizens, the interviews and talk shows he participated in discussed these topics that could not be chewed.
Like a child who wants to eat candy and is ashamed to open his mouth, twisting and pinching in front of the candy store, saying no, but the corners of his mouth have long been drooling.
Compared with the open-ended physical interpretation on the comedy stage, Ejingwen, after becoming famous, was stuck in his own way and did not dare to take a step.
In this way, screwing with the company, screwing with yourself, no announcements, no works, no exposure.
The heat of "Star Girl" is in this twist, which consumes the heat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="121" > third, the market</h1>
In the only interviews and variety shows, E Jingwen has made a statement:
"Why is the strength of an actress linked to her appearance?"
Ejingwen, who debuted with the "ugliest star girl", is quite jealous of this, believing that the appearance should not negate a person's ability.
That's true.
But if it is placed on the market, it is not difficult to find that it is not only the appearance of Ejingwen that affects Ejingwen, but also the age.
As mentioned earlier, like many star girls, Ejingwen is also famous, and usually, the follow-up works of this actor have a standard process: romance films.
For example, Lin Yun, after "The Mermaid", immediately devoted himself to "A Kiss and Promise", "If the Prince Is Asleep", etc., and continues to this day.
Speaking of "Girl Scout" Zhou Dongyu, after "The Love of hawthorn trees", he also filmed such as "Palace Lock Agarwood" and "Tears of the Fallen City", and it was only a few years later that he transformed into a powerful faction.
The same is Ni Ni, after "Jinling Thirteen Chao", there are "Hurry That Year", "Tiansheng Long Song" and so on.
Whether it is a movie or a TV series, all those who debut by relying on a work must carry out a relatively long "love road", on the one hand, because in the follow-up works, there is no big director's tuning and ability filter, it is difficult for them to replicate this success in the main drama, and if they are not careful, they will even regurgitate the famous works, and the gains are not worth the losses.
(Of course, Liu Haocun's situation of a national teacher chasing his ass to feed is rare.) ）
On the other hand, because the threshold of love movies is low and the audience is wide, as long as there is a good pair of skin bags, you can use the heat to make money for a few years, and then consider the transformation in the future.
Ejing Wen's loss is in the loss, she is not only not good-looking, but also not young.
Lin Yun was 20 years old when he became famous, Ni Ni was 23 years old, and Zhou Dongyu was 18 years old, just when Fanghua was young, he was originally an idol, and he played a love class with ease.
On the other hand, Ejingwen, "The King of New Comedy" was 30 years old that year, not tall, not tender and not old, not that I intentionally denigrate the vitality of actresses, but for the market, this age is simply impossible to take a standardized routine.
Kan Qingzi began to receive the "mother" script at the age of 30, next door is also 30-year-old Ren Suxi in a variety show is the "mother professional household", just came out of the "Wulin Wai Biography" of the young girl Ni Hongjie, forced to comb the plate in "The Second Life", wearing a middle-aged and elderly qipao, playing a 40+ mother at the age of 36.
The same question extends to Ejingwen.
The company definitely does not want her to play her mother in the second work, and the greasy and crooked sweet pet drama may not be able to pass the level of herself, I think this is also the reason why the script was chosen for 2 years.
There are simply no suitable roles.
In summary, from the moment of the film's fiasco, Ejingwen's fate seems to have been doomed.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="152" > conclusion</h1>
Opening Lin Yun's archives, there is also a much-anticipated "Mermaid 2" waiting quietly there, like a cannon barrel that has accumulated gunpowder for several years, and it may detonate at any time.
Along with this, there was Lin Yun's second peak.
Look at Ejingwen, on the other hand.
It has been a long time since she heard the news of zhou Xingchi, the whole cooperation is like a dew love affair in the wind and dust, until now she is still frying the cold rice of three years ago, waiting for the role, waiting for the opportunity, wandering and struggling between the resistance between the red and the Buddhist system.
Turn the clock back to 2018.
For Ejingwen, is that audition phone call a gift from Stephen Chow or a joke of fate?
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