The 2023 Spring Festival Gala will meet you as scheduled, and outstanding comedians such as Wang Baoqiang and Huang Bo, who have not been seen for a long time, have returned to bring laughter to the national audience in the Chinese New Year's Eve.
But unfortunately, the "regret" absence of the combination of Jia Ling and Zhang Xiaofei, who has accompanied everyone for 5 consecutive years, has become one of the hottest topics in the entertainment industry during the New Year.
As we all know, Zhang Xiaofei has become popular since two years ago because of a collaboration with Jia Ling "Hello, Li Huanying", but has not come up with better works in the past two years.
Just when everyone thought that she was about to disappear from everyone, this year's Zhang Xiaofei rushed into the Spring Festival file with "Exchange Life" cooperated with Lei Jiayin.
But Jia Ling, who used to meet everyone on the Spring Festival Gala every year, is the same as last year - she was not only absent from the Spring Festival stall, but also "lost" the Spring Festival Gala.
In recent years, although Jia Ling and the "comedy celebrity" Shen Teng recorded variety shows such as "Ace", in essence, there are not many classic works on large and small screens.
I don't know, now 40 years old, where is the future road, or is she willing to be a "variety showman"?
1. The girl who chases her dreams
"Kill me!"
In 2021, because of her successful transformation into a director, the film work "Hello, Li Huanying" directed by Jia Ling exploded and won 5.4 billion at the box office, so her partner Shen Teng said this "sour word".
But in fact, in "Hello, Li Huanying", Shen Teng is also one of the leading actors, and when this work won the award, he also ranked first in the "10 billion box office male star" list with a box office of 19.2 billion, which was 2 billion more than the second place Wu Jing.
After "Hello, Li Huanying", Shen Teng was not idle, and while constantly participating in variety shows, he still starred in many film works.
In addition to the withdrawn or unreleased "Super Family", "All People Carnival", which has been released, received 480 million box office, and last year's "Walking on the Moon" received 3.1 billion.
Although the outside world has been questioning that "content" is no longer useful, he is still the "fragrant food" favored by major directors, and the expectation index of "Manjiang Hong" cooperated with Zhang Yimou this year is still very high.
This may also be Shen Teng's Spring Festival file, the only time it is no longer funny, and it may also open the curtain of his transformation.
In September last year, Jia Ling reported that her second work "Hot and Hot" had started, and it is said that the film is adapted from the Japanese classic film "Hundred Yuan Love".
The original work tells the story of the heroine who was originally an idle old man, who grew up after a conflict with her sister, and finally found the meaning of life on the road of boxing.
It can be said that although the story and "Hello, Li Huanying" are not similar, they are both themes that focus on women's growth.
Judging from the news that broke out at that time, the screenwriter of this play was Sun Jibin, and the two once reported that they were secretly married and had children.
However, the known official news is that Sun Jibin is actually Jia Ling's partner after establishing Dabowl Entertainment, and one of the screenwriters of "Hello, Li Huanying".
But although the box office of "Hello, Li Huanying" is good, after the news that "Hot and Hot" is about to start filming, many viewers said: "I don't want to watch it." ”
Why is that?
It can be said that Jia Ling's popularity is not easy:
She was born in a poor family in the mountains of Hubei Province, and had an older sister named Jia Dan.
Although the family is not rich, the parents have been working hard to cultivate the sisters, and the sisters are also very competitive, have always achieved excellent results, and have a good plan for the future.
Sister Jia Dan is quiet and elegant, and her dream has always been to be a host; The younger sister Jia Ling is lively and cute, and is good at imitating stars on TV, so she plans to learn acting in the future.
In 2001, they were admitted to their ideal university together: Jia Dan was admitted to Communication University of China with excellent grades; Jia Ling was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama.
But the high tuition fees were not affordable for this poor family, and Jia Dan chose to give up her studies and go out to work for her sister.
Due to her mother's poor Mandarin, when choosing a major, she accidentally applied for a crosstalk major for her daughter.
At that time, Jiang Kun, Hou Yaowen, and Feng Gong added a crosstalk college class in Chinese opera, and 34 students were admitted out of more than 4,000 candidates, and Jia Ling was among them, one of the seven girls.
Originally, the beautiful college life slowly unfolded, but Jia Ling was hit hard by a bad news at home.
2. Thick and thin hair
Shortly after entering school, her mother Li Huanying and her father Jia Wentian were going to collect straw when they accidentally fell from the truck and died sadly.
The burden of life fell on her sister Jia Dan, and she began to work harder, spending 9 years to support Jia Ling's living expenses.
This move also made Jia Ling work extra hard to find opportunities, looking forward to one day being able to leap over the dragon gate.
Two years of college life ended quickly, and in 2003, Jia Ling successfully graduated, but what she didn't expect was graduation = unemployment.
In addition to the fact that girls who say crosstalk are rare and difficult to come out, the dilemma of traditional crosstalk at that time was also a big problem.
Jia Ling did not dare to tell her father and sister, so she could only nest alone in the basement with a monthly rent of 400 yuan, barely making ends meet.
How small was the room at that time? "As soon as the door is opened, there is a bed, and the dog has to clamp its tail when it comes."
At that time, she had a boyfriend who "drifted north" with her, and seeing that the two of them were so embarrassed, she proposed to take Jia Ling back to her hometown to develop.
At this time, it was Master Feng Gong who came forward to keep her, and called her sister Jia Dan, promised:
"Jia Ling is talented and diligent, she can't go back to her hometown, she has no place to live in Beijing, I will find a place for her, and if she has no job, I will find her a place!"
After that, Jia Ling, who cut off her love, began to seriously engage in her career.
In the same year, she participated in the first Beijing Crosstalk Competition and won the first prize for her work "What's Wrong".
But the award didn't change anything substantive, and when there was no fire, Jia Ling began to work everywhere: as a part-time host, script creator and temporary assistant to artists.
Jia Dan felt sorry for her sister and once helped her introduce her to a job as a toll collector on a highway with a stable income, but was rejected by Jia Ling, who was dedicated to dreaming.
In 2005, she was successfully admitted to the China Broadcasting Art Troupe and came to Feng Gong's side again, during which Jia Ling practiced crosstalk seriously every day and suddenly gained 40 pounds.
Finally, in 2010, with the help of her master Feng Gong, she appeared on the Spring Festival Gala with her partner Bai Kainan and performed crosstalk "Big Talk and Funny".
Overnight, this girl with beautiful facial features but a chubby figure gained the attention of the whole country.
It's just that few people know why this work is so popular - because before the Spring Festival Gala, "Big Talk" had been performed more than 80 times in Beijing small theaters since 2008, and it was a very mature work.
At the same stage, Jia Ling met Zhang Xiaofei, a young actor who had just been admitted to the art troupe.
Zhang Xiaofei is Yang Mi's classmate, although he has been debuting for a few years, he has no sense of existence, and there are not many drama appointments, and he can only earn a salary as a host in the art troupe.
The two girls' dreams are also bumpy, so they know each other, share a lot of languages, and soon become friends.
Jia Ling also once hugged her friends on the Internet, saying, "Hurry up and become a big name!" You're one play! ”
And in fact, Jia Ling became red first.
After that, she appeared on "Fast Ben", participated in "Dicky Men", and continued to appear in the Spring Festival Gala skits on various local stations.
In 2015, Jia Ling, who had a certain fame, appeared on the variety show "Happy Comedian", competing with Shen Teng of the Happy Twist Team and Song Xiaobao of the Liaoning Folk Art Troupe.
Sure enough, in one hilarious sketch after another, the "female laughing star" Jia Ling's fame is getting bigger and bigger, and she has become a new star in domestic entertainment for all ages.
Although Zhang Xiaofei also frequently appeared next to Jia Ling at that time, he was always the image of "green leaves" and was not popular.
3. The road to transformation is long
The year after the hit of "Happy Comedian Season 1", Jia Ling saw the opportunity and established Dabowl Entertainment, transforming herself into a boss with amazing business vision.
She signed Zhang Xiaofei to become her first female artist, and will also deeply praise each other in the future and earn a lot of money.
Also this year, Jia Ling took Zhang Xiaofei to "Comedy Story", and took out the applauded sketch work "Hello, Li Huanying" in the first issue.
Because of the success of this sketch, Jia Ling also had a preliminary plan for this project in her heart:
Adapting it into a movie - it can be said that this decision is quite correct, while transforming into a director, it also means that she can let the whole country know that her mother's name is Li Huanying.
Jia Ling once bluntly said that she could not accept her mother's unexpected death, and now if she can bring a work to her mother through her own efforts, she will make up for her regrets for many years.
After that, she became the "first sister of variety shows" after Ma Li, and appeared on various variety shows all year round.
In addition to Jia Ling and Zhang Xiaofei continuing to appear on the Spring Festival Gala since 2018, she has also become a regular guest of "Ace to Ace".
In addition, "Youth Travels" and "Variety Big Coffee Show" also have Jia Ling's figure.
In variety shows, Jia Ling gives full play to her body and eloquence advantages, and from time to time forms CP with male guests: such as the extra meal CP with Fan Chengcheng, and Yan Chengxu's early morning CP...
In Station B, she was also formed into different combinations with many top streamers: Zhu Yilong, Yi Yangqianxi, Bai Jingting, Liu Haoran, Wang Yibo "can't run".
In private, the person who had an affair with Jia Ling was screenwriter and partner Sun Jibin.
Sun Jibin is 7 years younger than Jia Ling, and has been working as a screenwriter since graduating from Jilin Art Institute, and has worked as a screenwriter and director in programs such as "Happy Comedian" and "Comedy Story".
It is said that the two met in 2014 and met together on the comedy show "Let's Laugh", and later became friends and then worked together.
In 2016, Sun Jibin became the co-founder of Dawan Entertainment, and in October of the same year, he was photographed by the media that the two had intimate behavior, so there was a scandal.
There are also netizens who broke out that Jia Ling has two puppies, one named Jia Xiaoqian and the other named Sun Fugui, which was also used to confirm that her husband is Sun Jibin.
But in fact, as early as shortly after the scandal came out, Jia Ling once came forward to respond, bluntly saying that the two were just partners and friends.
Sun Jibin was also revealed to be married in 2017, but his wife is not Jia Ling.
In other words, Jia Ling, who is now 40 years old, is still alone, but compared to the girl who was struggling to pursue her dreams 15 years ago, she has stood at the peak of her life.
This year's Spring Festival, Jia Ling is still absent, and now she misses the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, so she can't let the audience who like her worry: Where is the future?
In addition to "Exchange Life", Zhang Xiaofei, who is popular with one hand, also has a "Rescue the Suspect" to be screened, and in terms of TV series, "Good Things Become Pairs" cooperated with Huang Xiaoming is also about to be broadcast.
And Jia Ling is quite "low-key" after "Hello, Li Huanying":
It can only be said that I hope that she is holding back her big moves, and in the near future, she can come up with new works that will continue to be popular again, and truly achieve transformation success.