In 2019, the comedy film "The King of New Comedy" directed by Stephen Chow was released in the Spring Festival slot.
The new "Star Girl" E Jingwen has thus entered the public eye and once became the object of everyone's hot discussion.
But the good times did not last long, and as the popularity of "The King of New Comedy" receded, Ejingwen also seemed to be "getting worse and worse".
Not only did it instantly change back to the small transparency of the entertainment industry, but also added a title of "the ugliest and least red star girl".
Why is it that with the aura of "Star Girl" and the IP of the King of Comedy, Ejingwen still can't be red?
Some people think it's because comedy movies are in decline.
With the development of the film industry, contemporary audiences have been exposed to more films of different themes, including many large-scale productions with amazing special effects and shocking scenes.
Comedy, a film with a low production threshold, only relies on the actor's acting skills and cookie-cutter jokes, it is difficult for the audience to give a high evaluation, even if it is Stephen Chow himself, in recent years, there are some signs of "falling off the altar".
However, after 2 years, Jia Ling's first film "Hello, Li Huanying" was also released in the Spring Festival file.
Zhang Xiaofei, who is a comedian like Ejingwen, not only went out of the circle with the success of the movie, but also maintained a high popularity after the movie was released, and the social account still maintains a good data of 100,000+ readings per day.
In contrast, Ejingwen's social account is read by less than 1,000 people a day, which is really sad.
In addition, compared with the "King of New Comedy" after filming a "new comedy king", zhang Xiaofei can only rely on the variety show "just rice" of Ejingwen, Zhang Xiaofei has a lot more film and television resources and business cooperation.
What about the decline of good comedy? Why is Zhang Xiaofei able to "turn over the salted fish" with a "Hello, Li Huanying"?
"That's because Zhang Xiaofei has a high appearance and the character modeling is also pleasing; Ejingwen himself is not good-looking, and the character modeling is even more sloppy." Some people blame the difference in appearance.
The same female comedians, E Jingwen and Zhang Xiaofei have similar ages and similar experiences, both are post-80s, both are from the class, both have been active in comedy variety shows for a long time after graduation, and have worked as dragon sets for film and television dramas.
The most obvious difference between the two seems to be really in the appearance.
Zhang Xiaofei looks pure and gentle, although she does not belong to the big beauty, but it can give people a sense of intimacy of small family jasper.
Ejingwen is relatively rugged, although it is not ugly, but it is easy to give people an impression of a fierce face.
However, will the gap in appearance really become a "watershed" in the two people's acting careers?
If Zhang Xiaofei goes to play "The King of New Comedy" and E Jingwen plays "Hello, Li Huanying", will their situation remain the same as now? I believe that people who have learned about both movies will say no.
In fact, the reason why the career fortunes of E Jingwen and Zhang Xiaofei are completely different is mainly due to the influence of their respective films.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="29" >1, "The King of New Comedy" failed at the box office</h1>
Up to now, the total box office of "Hello, Li Huanying" has reached 5.4 billion, making Jia Ling a female director who can rank among the world box office with only one work.
In contrast, although the total box office of "The King of New Comedy" also exceeded 600 million, the 9-fold gap not only reflects the difference in the reputation of the two films, but also directly makes the influence of the two leading actors different.
In fact, from the perspective of production difficulty and full acting skills, the gap between "Hello, Li Huanying" and "The King of New Comedy" is not obvious, and even in emotional performance, both have achieved the effect of "laughter with tears".
However, due to the fact that the former coincided with the unsealing of the theater after the epidemic, the audience's desire to watch movies was strong, even if there was competition from films such as "Tang Detective 3" and "Surging Crowds", it would not allow the audience to watch only one movie.
The latter, because of the suspicion of "just feeling rice", itself will make many viewers hold a wait-and-see attitude.
Coupled with the fact that the Spring Festival file had "Flying Life", "The Wandering Earth" and "Crazy Alien" competing on the same stage, without the blessing of strong desire to watch movies, many people would not choose to give priority to watching the "emotional sequel" "The King of New Comedy".
Under the influence of various factors such as time and place, "The King of New Comedy" will inevitably not be able to reach the height of "Hello, Li Huanying" in terms of box office revenue, and the lack of word-of-mouth of people who watch it will naturally be flat, and eventually affect Ejingwen as the lead actor, and cannot be compared with Zhang Xiaofei who "soared" in terms of popularity.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" >2, "Star Girl" aura is no longer brilliant</h1>
In addition to the impact of the film's failure, the "negative boost" brought by the title of "Star Girl" is also the key to Ejingwen's lack of fire.
When it comes to "Star Girl", many people will first think of great beauties such as Zhang Min, Zhu Yin, Cecilia Cheung, Huang Shengyi, and Zhang Yuqi.
The reason is that in addition to their higher appearance, it is because they have all acted against Zhou Xingchi.
Although Xu Jiao also played against Zhou Xingchi, she was still a child at the time, and when she grew up, she directly faded out of the show business circle for various reasons, and she could no longer be included in the ranks of "Star Girl";
Lin Yun, who was pulled up by Zhou Xingchi, although his appearance is acceptable, he has not been in the same frame as Zhou Xingchi in the movie, and his acting skills have been criticized, and the title of "star girl" on his body is very watery.
It is not difficult to find that as Zhou Xingchi retreats behind the scenes, the aura of the title of "Star Girl" has ceased to be brilliant, and it is difficult for the later "Star Girl" to reach the height of the predecessors, and it is naturally difficult to obtain public recognition.
In this context, Ejingwen did not have a stunning appearance, and secondly did not act with Zhou Xingchi, known as "Star Girl" not only did not help her to enhance her fame, but also caused the public's contrast psychology:
Once the star girl can see and act, what is the current star girl?
With such a preconceived mentality, Ejingwen is doomed to failure if he wants to go out of the circle with the title of "Star Girl".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" >3, the company's resource allocation is not in place</h1>
After filming "The King of New Comedy", E Jingwen signed a contract with Stephen Chow's Xinghui Overseas and became an artist under the umbrella of Xingye.
But as we all know, because Stephen Chow's film production cycle is very long, and he is not willing to let his artists participate in the projects of other companies, it is not easy to be his signed artist: watching his peers make a lot of money, he can only get by with a basic salary.
Huang Shengyi and Zhang Yuqi once fought a termination lawsuit with Zhou Xingchi because they were dissatisfied with the lack of workload after signing Xinghui.
Originally, the company's resources were already very scarce, and E Jingwen chose to join when Lin Yun was still doing "Dangjia Huadan" overseas in Xinghui, which would undoubtedly only make matters worse in the problem of obtaining resources.
I remember that last year there was a program about Ejingwen, one of which was an interview with Ejingwen's agent, only to see this girl directly complain in front of the camera that her salary was lower than her peers, and blamed the problem on Ejingwen's lack of "momentum".
However, does Ejingwen really have no "momentum"? Open the page of Ejingwen on Douban, you can see that she actually took over the role after "The King of New Comedy", but the quality of the works she participated in was worrying, and the roles she obtained were also a bit embarrassing.
With more momentum, can playing a village girl become popular? No matter how hard you try, can you only participate in some works with mediocre reputation to become famous?
Comparing the film and television resources obtained by Zhang Xiaofei after "Hello, Li Huanying", the gap between the two is simply clear at a glance.
As the well-deserved "first flower Dan" of Big Bowl Entertainment, Zhang Xiaofei may even be more sought-after than the boss Jia Ling, and can directly play against Huang Bo, Lei Jiayin, these first-line well-known actors, and the resources cannot be tilted more obviously.
A long-term bad film, acting in supporting roles, a cooperative A-list star, as a protagonist, Ejing Wenhong but Zhang Xiaofei is simply reasonable. The agent blamed the problem on Ejingwen's own lack of momentum, in fact, he was just putting a fig leaf on the company's lack of resource allocation.
In summary, the reason why Ejingwen is not popular is not because of his bad appearance, but because he lacks the correct career planning.
She did not foresee that "The King of New Comedy" would encounter "Waterloo", and did not realize that zhou Xingchi would face problems such as insufficient resource allocation and the title of "star girl" becoming a "negative driving force", and pressed Baodu on becoming a "star girl", which delayed herself.
I am a wooden branch of the dangerous building, everyone is on the "Ejingwen why can't the fire rise?" As a comedian, Zhang Xiaofei is more sober and lucky than her" What do you think? Feel free to leave your comments below.
#鄂靖文 #