The hottest national synthesis in recent times must be -
"The Brother Who Cuts through the Thorns".
After two seasons of "Sister Lang", Mango finally attacked a middle-aged male artist.
Bring in 33 male stars, from Hong Kong male gods to unknown 36-line artists.
However, the show did not explode, and melon went out of the circle first.
Just after the first episode, Huo Zun was hammered into a scumbag by his 9-year girlfriend Chen Lu.
Hastily withdrew from the race amid a scolding.
Then rapper hot dog, and was pulled out of the history of drug use.
Under the pressure of public opinion, his pure version of the stage was once removed.
The subsequent participation is unclear.
Due to the high rate of thunder.
Some netizens jokingly called it "The Brother Who Bears the Guilt of Jingjing" and "The Brother Who Has Left the Scene One After aNother".....
Funny and helpless.
As early as a year ago, there was a Hong Kong comprehensive, which also focused on middle-aged male stars.
There is no thunder or rollover throughout the whole process.
Proper conscience of the industry.
Unfortunately, not many people know about it —
"Easy to do"
The program team invited 6 middle-aged male actors to carry out the "career change" challenge.
Not to become popular, just to make a living.
Although they are not a first-line, they have also been the golden supporting roles in Hong Kong dramas -
Mai Changqing, 52 years old.
Played Liang Feifan in "The Righteous Sea Of the Gangsters".
That's right, it is one of the top streams of the B station ghost animal area.
The phrase is extraordinary has become a classic.
Mai Changqing was once a TVB head contract artist, and his future is very good.
Unfortunately, because of the high-level infighting, it could only be terminated.
During this period, I opened a restaurant and barely made ends meet.
Last year, because of the failure of his wife's investment, Mai Changqing once went into debt for millions and lost various business resources.
In his vlog, you can also occasionally glimpse the after-effects of poverty.
For example, drink milk tea without a signboard, only order the cheapest.
It's a little more expensive to go to a restaurant and be patient to explain why:
"Because you haven't eaten breakfast or lunch, let's eat something."
Any worker who looks at it has to break the defense.
Along with him is Zhang Songzhi, 51 years old.
He worked for TVB for 8 years and was unemployed after his termination.
When the economy is most difficult, even consider selling insurance.
Fortunately, it was supported by Gu Tianle and Zhou Runfa in time.
It was only when his career improved.
The youngest, Ao Jianian, was also 47 years old when he was on the show.
In the past twenty years, his career has always been tepid.
In order to support his family, Ao Jianian has made many new attempts.
Including costume director, radio anchor, TV host;
He also worked with Zhang Shuping as an art director in "Knife" directed by Xu Ke.
This year, in the word-of-mouth Hong Kong drama "Absurd Theater Company", he played a depressed director.
To some extent, it is also the true color.
Compared with them, Yuan Fuhua's career is the best developed.
At the age of 56, he belongs to the representative of the late generation of the great instrument.
Three years ago, he won the first Academy Award and Golden Horse Award trophy of his career for his role in the transgender Cantonese opera Hua Dan in "Trish".
In the past two years, he has performed impressively in the commercial films "Bomb Disposal Expert 2", "Fury And Serious Cases" and the literary and art films "Uncle Uncle" and "Hand Cigarette".
In addition, there is 55-year-old Gu Minghua.
The name is often overlooked, but the face is very familiar.
He has played countless classic dragon suit roles.
In order to save his sick daughter, he also worked part-time as a voice actor.
Ivey, 61 years old.
He began studying acting at the age of 14.
Although he has cooperated with Du Qifeng and Zhou Xingchi many times, he has always played some marginal supporting roles.
Dark War
"The Inquisitor"
The only masterpiece in recent years is last year's best Hong Kong drama "Bridge of Sighs".
Due to the epidemic, the Hong Kong film and television industry is in a slump.
Some of them have not received jobs since last year's Spring Festival, and some have not started work for more than a year.
Speaking of which, everyone has a bitter stomach to talk about.
I came to this show to plan a way out for myself:
Middle-aged male star, what can he do after changing careers?
This time, their task is not to stand on the stage and unleash charm.
On the contrary – they have to be 48-hour grassroots workers.
This "base" is really a "base":
Due to his age and lack of other professional experience.
Guests can only find jobs with relatively low thresholds such as takeaway, sales, and waiters.
At the same time, the program team will also send group performances to interfere with their work.
Test whether they can pass the level smoothly.
One of the characteristics of Hong Kong Zong is "authenticity".
"Middle Guy" simply dispensed with stylists.
All the guests were all facing the sky and dressed casually.
Eat at a street food stall.
The work is windy, sunny and rainy, running through the streets and alleys.
After working in the evening, several male guests gathered together.
Not to brag about it, but to review what work I did today and who I met.
It is not awkward at all, and the content is very grounded.
For example, Mai Changqing was arranged to run errands on behalf of the buyer.
On the first day, he stood under the sun and waited for almost an hour before receiving the first order.
Because there are too many goods, it is necessary to carry it on the shoulder and go a long way.
He gasped as he walked in exhaustion.
And this trip down, the reward is only 15 Hong Kong dollars.
But Mai Changqing did not perfunctory.
He used translation software to look up the English on the shopping list word for word.
Guarantee that you can't go wrong with the food you buy on your behalf.
The next day, he was tasked with driving a bus to deliver the goods.
When delivering birthday cakes to guests, Mai Changqing is also very careful.
Place the cake under the co-pilot.
When braking, I didn't dare to use much force, for fear of crashing.
Finally, the cake was delivered to the guests in its entirety, and I was relieved.
Yuan Fuhua, on the other hand, chose to work as a waiter in a tea restaurant.
On the first day, the boss worried that he would add to the chaos when he entered the back kitchen.
Only let him bring tea and pour water, mop the floor.
But because he couldn't remember the table number and the menu, Yuan Fuhua could only run back and forth.
It not only reduces the work efficiency of colleagues, but also makes guests impatient to wait.
He stood for more than a dozen hours a day, and when he left work, his legs and waist were sore.
The next day, the boss was impressed by Yuan Fuhua's positive attitude.
Arrange for him to give chefs a hand and learn how to make brine geese.
When handling ingredients, the seasoning is stuffed into the goose's belly and then sealed with a skewer.
Yuan Fuhua rarely cooks, let alone deals with internal organs.
When he put his hand into the goose belly, goosebumps rose all over his body.
But in the end, he endured the discomfort and completed the task.
Ao Jianian's mission is to be a takeaway rider.
The job wasn't as simple as he thought.
Less money, more things, more intensity.
First of all, the GPS positioning is not accurate, and the location of the small storefront is too hidden.
It is often possible to go the wrong way, resulting in delivery timeouts.
The light is scolded by the guests, and the heavy is beaten with bad reviews, affecting the income.
Secondly, because it is to take orders with mobile phones, the power consumption is very fast.
If you don't pay attention, your phone may turn off automatically.
Riders will be blocked by the platform for not completing the task for a long time.
Therefore, experienced riders will prepare the charging treasure in advance.
Finally, the riders were in a hurry.
Sometimes I accidentally run a red light.
Or the battery car is not parked in the right place.
At this time, a ticket fluttering by the traffic police is equivalent to this day in vain.
And this driving behavior is also very dangerous.
Of course, the above are just some of the difficulties that riders will face.
There's more heartache and hardship than can fully manifest in 48 hours.
But Ao Jianian, who had never been so busy, was almost unable to hold on.
On the first day, the sky was clear, and he was exposed to the sun for a day, and everyone was dark for a while.
The next day the storm was so great that the waterproof jacket he had prepared was useless.
I could only run east and west soaked, cold and hungry.
On the way, I also met a strange rider who had the misfortune to fall off the car.
He took the initiative to come forward to help the little brother.
But the first thing the brother cares about is not the fall injury, but whether the takeaway is broken.
After finding out that there was none, he remembered to thank Ao Jianian.
Then pat your butt and rush to deliver again.
This look of hard work is sad and brave.
It provoked Ao JiaNian to cry in the show for the first time.
Can't help but feel that it is difficult to make a living.
A good variety show can see the big with the small, so that the guests and the audience can empathize together.
In the entertainment industry, celebrities are dressed in fine clothes and spend money.
Staying up for a few big nights in order to shoot a scene, or being slightly injured in a martial arts scene, I called myself a "high-risk industry".
However, in the world of ordinary people.
With a small income, you have to stay up late, overdraft, and take risks.
It's just everyday.
In contrast, "The Brother Who Cut through the Thorns".
The difference in the intentions of the two programs is clear at a glance.
"Brother" emphasizes the "aura of stardom".
There are no professional judges in this format.
The elimination of contestants is largely based on the preferences of the live audience.
This means that popular stars come with an absolute advantage.
Therefore, in the first performance, the guests were almost all "eating the old book".
Accurately deliver memories of different eras to kill.
When Huang Guanzhong's "No More Hesitation" sounded,
No one can miss beyond beyond the glory days of Beyond.
Chen Xiaochun + Xie Tianhua + Lin Xiaofeng stood together.
Even if you don't sing "Friendship Years", you can make people return for a second.
Find the blood and impulse to watch "Ancient Puzzle Boy" that year.
As far as Seung-wook is concerned, he is the male protagonist of the first generation of domestic idol dramas.
As soon as that Taiwanese accent appeared, nothing else would happen.
The first lyrics of "Meteor Rain" are enough to make the audience dream back to the "Daoming Temple Era".
In order to push the feelings to the climax, the program team even played a big S voice on the spot:
"Daoming Temple, I am Sugi..."
Sure enough, the bullet screen brushed together with the "tear eyes".
And the lesser-known stars also know how to "play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses".
Choose to use songs with a high degree of transmission to increase the emotional resonance with the audience.
For example, Ricky chose "Night Night Night Night Night";
Liu Duanduan chose "Heart Too Soft";
Lee baht chose Mercury.
From the bullet screen, this operation is very effective.
Even a discussion of the song itself can enhance the audience's impression of the new singer.
This kind of accentuation for sensational atmosphere.
It is also evident in the chorus of "Stupid Kid" in the audience.
The big screen shows childhood photos of the guests.
The contrast between the present and the past has added "contrast" to them.
The host people are directly incarnated as fans.
Praise for the performances of the guests.
This series of operations is to make the guest's star aura shine more brightly.
The more the stage effect, the better.
It was as if there were two unsociable worlds on and off the stage.
The audience and the stars clearly stabilize the relationship between looking up and being looked up.
In contrast, "Middle Guy" emphasizes "de-starization".
The six guests are all non-head actors, and their situation is inherently awkward.
Each person has several representative roles, but has never starred, at the box office or in the ratings.
When people reach middle age, their past qualifications have raised them to a height of not being able to go up and down.
It has a little traffic, but there is no drama to shoot for a long time.
They had to put down their bodies, change tracks and start over.
Only then did they find out.
That bit of the so-called star aura is actually worthless.
When Mai Changqing and Ao Jianian took off their masks and were recognized by customers.
They were responded only by a brief dash of surprise.
Can't even get a positive review.
Neither popularity nor acting experience can reverse their disadvantages in the workplace.
Limited by age and thin social experience.
Their career options are greatly limited, and they can basically only engage in some low-threshold manual work or sales work.
Giving and receiving are not at all equal.
Of course, as soon as the show is over, guests can "escape" from such a working environment.
They can choose to continue to play in show business.
However, sooner or later, we will have to face the dilemma of no drama to shoot.
Moreover, there are thousands of middle-aged people who have no choice at all.
What the show wants to show is not the vitality and charm of middle-aged male stars.
It's their helplessness and fatigue.
This bitterness also reflects the real plight of the entire middle-aged male group.
There are parents on the top and wives and children on the bottom.
Looking up is an untouchable ideal, and looking down is a reality that there is nowhere to escape.
In addition to standing up the waist bar, face the cruel law of survival.
There is no other way.
This, perhaps, is closer to the true meaning of "cutting through thorns".