In March on earth, spring blossoms. The peach is dying, scorching its glory.
Yesterday's Girls' Day, today's Goddess Day. The air should have been filled with the smell of warmth, but there was also a cold sadness.
Just one day before Girls' Day (March 6), Li Aijia, a mainland actress who starred in film and television works such as "The Back of the Hand", "Chinese Knot" and "We Are All Bad Boys", and won the Golden Coconut Gold Award (TV Advertising Film Performance Award) of the First China (Sanya) International Television Advertising Art Festival, died at her home in Beijing due to sudden illness at the age of 36.
It has been reported that in addition to the actor, Li Aijia has also served as a producer, screenwriter, producer and other positions, and has repeatedly entered the team behind the scenes of the film to participate in the production, and it is precisely because she has been working hard for herself to make her body overwhelmed.
Just before her death, she was actively promoting her new movie "We Are All Good Kids", which will be released on March 15.
Her brother posted online in mourning that although her sister is a small actor, she has always been optimistic and kind. Hopefully, heaven will not be sick and she can be a happy girl forever.
There was once a data showing that there were as many as 500,000 Artists in the North Drift, and Li Aijia, who graduated from the Heilongjiang Provincial Art School, was just one of them.
The unfortunate death of an actor who is in his youth also unveils the trauma of an industry: some people enter the gold every day, some people can't eat enough; some people indulge their bodies for fame and fortune, and some people don't change their hearts after several storms...
On the road to pursuing dreams, happiness is always indispensable; and the truth of life is always so shocking.
May the dead rest in peace, and the living, fanghua.
There is a burden under the sun
On September 7, 2016, Xu Ting, a post-90s Actress who had starred in TV series "Daddy Comes Home" and "Bring Love Home" and other film and television works, died of illness in Beijing at the age of 26.
If it is not the news of the death of the disease, seeing Xu Ting's photo, you will inevitably think that this girl with a smile like a flower must have lived a quiet life.
However, the truth is that this girl did not finish college and began to drift north with 300 yuan, lived in the basement, and for five years desperately filmed to pay tuition, rent, and pay debts for her parents... The body is originally thin, coupled with the pressure of work, resulting in lower immunity than ordinary people, formaldehyde poisoning induces acute lymphoma, serious lung infection.
The burden of life is on Xu Ting's shoulders, if she can live more easily, perhaps there will be no tragedy.
When you first enter the jianghu, you are deceived
The glamorous showbiz circle has fascinated countless people, and north drift has become a choice for people to chase their dreams. Such a tempting industry, scammers naturally will not let go. It can be said that the artists who have not been deceived by the North Drift have an incomplete acting career.
In Beijing, many "film and television media companies" publish information on the recruitment of actors, artist assistants and other positions on the Internet, and set up traps for candidates to pay deposits ranging from hundreds of thousands of yuan, document fees and accommodation fees.
In 2014, a Small Army of The North Drift Group Performer learned online that a certain crew was recruiting for group performances, paying 50 yuan a day, so he gladly went there. The staff said that his image and temperament are very consistent, but he needs to pay a deposit of 1,000 yuan first, so as to avoid Xiaojun from temporarily not going to cause losses to the crew.
After Xiao Jun paid the money, the other party asked him to meet the assistant director himself. As a result, when I got to the place, a person who claimed to be an assistant director said: "Now the crew does not lack roles, you first do a month's work of serving tea and water, and you can get on the role at any time." But you have to pay another deposit of 1000 yuan. ”
Xiao Jun found out that he had been deceived, but he was bitter that there was no evidence and finally failed.
Slaves in black dens
Some of the deceived will be led to the courtyard of Huairou. Saying that it is a group performance or a group is actually a free labor force. A group performer broke the news that when he stayed in the compound, he paid a total of more than 2700 yuan for accommodation, management fees, shooting base entrance fees, etc.
Don't pay? Then you don't want to be on the show.
In 2012, Heng drifted Xiaoqi said in an interview: "Most of the places around the Beijing Huairou Film and Television Base known as 'Huairou Courtyard' are black dens, there are gangs controlling the extras, a group of people live in a small broken room, and the food is the same as pig food." ”
If someone wants to make trouble, they will use the local underworld to retaliate until you are convinced. If you ask them for money, they will not only not give it, but they will beat and insult you.
The extras who were deceived could only leave helplessly after their money had been cheated out and spent. And a new group of victims continues to repeat their sad stories.
If you don't have money, you have to make connections
Now there are many WeChat groups set up by North Drift artists, and most of the crew news in them is reliable. If you want to really step into your circle, you must either be familiar with the actor and assistant director, or you have friends who are mixed well in the circle and can take you.
Crouching in front of the North Shadow Gate and waiting to be able to fly Yellow Tengda? Too young, too simple!
Xu Juncong, who was on "Smiling Proud of the Rivers and Lakes", revealed in an interview that he only earned 900 yuan when he drifted north in the first year, but the cost was as high as 50,000 yuan. Where's the spend?
"I met some actor friends in the crew, and they would sing and eat with the director, and when I went, I had to rush to pay for it, and sometimes I bought them small gifts." Xu Juncong said.
If not, how do you get those who have the resources to think of you when they need them?
In an interview in 2014, Xu Juncong's resume already had dozens of plays and film and television works on his resume. In the past few years, he has been saddled with more than 100,000 yuan of foreign debt.
There are only a few dozen pieces a day
Ordinary group performances can be said to be the bottom of the North Drift artists.
In 2009, Lao Zhao, a judge who had been a grassroots court in Tianjin for 37 years, retired. After leaving office, he decided to find something interesting to do, and he thought of the film and television industry that he was fascinated by when he was young.
Old Zhao, like those men, women and children with dreams, "squatted" around the North Shadow Gate. At that time, Zhang Jizhong's version of "Journey to the West" needed extras to shoot night scenes, and Lao Zhao was selected.
The first time he filmed, he caught up with a blockbuster, so Old Zhao was excited. The film remuneration for this scene is only 30 yuan, and Old Zhao taxied home and lost 40.
Earlier surveys showed that the daily income of ordinary group performances ranged from 50-100 yuan, and when encountering a good group head, it may reach 120 yuan.
The film remuneration can be more than a thousand
The special actor is a person in a better state among the North Drift artists, at least there will be a play that really takes the initiative to find you.
Special actors are divided into three levels: small, medium and large: small special actors have one or two lines and earn about 150 yuan a day; medium special actors earn 400-500 yuan per day; and special actors with a little fame can reach up to two or three thousand yuan a day.
Liang Shouai, who has been a mass actor for more than ten years, has starred in more than 400 roles and has appeared in the movies "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", "Chibi" and "The Indelible Fan".
In 2014, he had already left the identity of a "mass actor", and the film salary could reach 2,000 yuan per day.
This is what many people dream of, and it is much higher than the salary of most migrant workers. More importantly, there is also the possibility of being promoted to a role actor.
Living conditions are very poor
Like most North Drifters, low-income North Drifters, despite dressing themselves up outside, do not live in good conditions in private.
Singer Dinkson, who participated in the second season of "Absolute Singing" in 2006 and "The Voice of China" in 2013, has been floating in Beijing for more than a decade.
He once revealed that he could only live in the basement on 400 yuan a month. In order to make ends meet, he also had to go to the overpass to set up a stall.
No separate bathroom, dark and damp, poor air circulation, no sound insulation...
Ten thousand yuan cameo little eunuch
Cui Shoujie grew up in the countryside, the family is not rich, but he has always had the dream of becoming an actor, the family smashed pots and sold iron to him to go to art school.
The following year, the school arranged for Cui Shoujie to intern in the crew, spending a total of 12,000 tuition fees before and after, and finally sought the opportunity to make a cameo.
He made a cameo appearance as a character in the TV series "Kangxi Dynasty". At that time, Cui Shoujie saw that the eunuch had a line and borrowed the script to copy. When he arrived at the scene, the crew let him go up as soon as he memorized his lines.
Unspoken rules are everywhere
In the entertainment circle of handsome men and women, and the lights are red and green, temptation is everywhere. Fierce competition has also made some North Drift artists at the bottom of the showbiz circle more likely to agree with the unspoken rules than outsiders.
There have been netizens familiar with the Girls of the North Drift who broke the "sex trade" in the entertainment industry, saying that if you want to become famous, you must have a relationship with at least 10 men, and the men listed in the article include introducers, drama directors, assistant directors, directors, producers, editors and so on.
Although it is suspected of exaggeration, it can also reflect part of the reality. For example, the once sensational Zhang Yu sex video incident.
For example, in 2011, the female singer Ma Ruila's sleeping door incident.
However, it is too whimsical to think that you will be able to get a good chance after sleeping. For the low-level North Drift artists, the other party is more likely to play.
His private life is extremely chaotic
It is precisely because of the commonplace of the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry that many North Drift artists have been mentally prepared when they make up their minds to mix in this circle.
Therefore, many people's attitude towards gender relations is very indifferent.
An industry insider once revealed that a male artist in their company has had a relationship with most of the surrounding female artists, and no one feels that there is anything wrong.
Therefore, seeing those stars who change boyfriends and girlfriends who are particularly diligent, everyone does not have to be different.
Dreams take away his soul
Like Wang Baoqiang, Sun Zhimin, who is from Hebei Province, was encouraged by watching the video of Wang Baoqiang's interview and came to the North Film Studio to wait.
He only has a junior high school education, after coming to Beijing in 2012, at first he regretted a little, no experience, shooting a day and a night can only get forty or fifty yuan.
But after being overwhelmed by his dreams, even if his parents advised him to go home to do business, he did not want to go back.
There are two reasons, one is not to live a mediocre life, and the other is to feel that there is no face to go back.
He said: "It's easy to get out of here, but I can't think of anything without leaving. I always feel like something is tickling you. ”
I don't want to become addicted to drugs
The road of wandering is lonely, and in the face of the colorful entertainment circle, it is difficult for the ripples in the hearts of north drift artists not to make waves.
There was a young man who came to Beijing at the age of seventeen to develop, and he also had a lot of savings in the past ten years, shooting some film and television dramas and advertisements.
However, when he met a well-known singer, his life began to take a sharp turn.
The singer taught him to take drugs until he ran out of all his savings and was swept out by his landlord.
Make up resumes and mix variety shows
In order to increase exposure, the artists of the North Drift may fake their own experiences, and the variety shows of various TV stations go back and forth.
In variety shows, they may disguise themselves as security guards, freelancers, artists, and so on.
In the reality show "Private Order" broadcast by Beijing Satellite TV, the security guard who was massaged by Lin Chiling was actually Xiao Sun Hao, a North Drift actor, and the amount of appearance fee had to be asked by Beijing Television.
They can be found in variety shows such as "Do Not Disturb" and "Let's Date", because this can not only increase their popularity and controversy, but also receive some appearance fees.
The routine is full, and it is also a curve to save the country.
There is money willfully burning buns
In 2012, Xiao Xue, a North Drift actress who made a "girlfriend" to the director for a month, staged a "burning bag door" incident in order to get out.
Originally, she wanted to express that "her sister has money is willful", and as a result, netizens found that among the luxury goods worth thousands of yuan that she received, there were up to 90% of fake goods.
Whether it is hype is unknown, it is a farce but there is no controversy.
There are brand names all over the body
The lights of the entertainment industry are red and green, and some North Drift artists are also "luxurious and excessively vain".
Some people like luxury goods, from eating and wearing to using, all of them are famous brands. And this level of consumption is obviously not something that an ordinary actor can afford.
There are rumors on the Internet that they can only satisfy their desire to consume by making friends with rich people.
Desperate to rob
On December 15, 2013, Liaoning singer Wang Lei robbed a woman of 5,000 yuan in an underground garage in An upscale residential area of Sanlitun in Beijing. The case was sentenced in 2016 to five years in prison.
Previously, he had been imprisoned 4 times, but he did not change his teachings.
Take a look at what he did:
On May 9, 2005, he was sentenced to one year of re-education through labor for picking quarrels and provoking troubles; on December 15, 2010, he was sentenced to one year in prison for picking quarrels and provoking troubles; on April 17, 2013, he was sentenced to 6 months in prison for picking quarrels and provoking troubles; and on September 17, 2014, he was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for intentional injury.
What perseverance!
The value is nothing and wants to commit suicide
In 2009, Zhao Yan, a 25-year-old singer from The North Drift, expressed his suicidal tendencies on a blog, "It is better to live meaninglessly than to die happily."
In his blog, he "posted" the various setbacks he encountered: accusing the singer of false singing and being scolded, his girlfriend leaving him, returning to his hometown to fight with people, and experiencing three car accidents after returning to Beijing...
He said the entertainment industry left him with a vicious and insatiable eating appearance, as well as an impetuous heart, and nothing else.
He also said he would follow Mr. Zhang's example by ending his life on April 1.
Whether it is to win social attention, or whether he really wants to be unhappy and get into the quagmire, it reflects Zhao Yan's lack of self-worth.
Attend the event rubbing the red carpet
Don't think that only Fan Bingbing, Gong Li, and Zhang Xinyu like to attend events and walk the red carpet.
North Drift artists are equally enthusiastic about this game. The difference is that, first, they are not stars and cannot be called blanket stars; second, they have no way to rub on international activities, only on small domestic events.
When rubbing, you may arrange for several fake fans to yell and shout, which seems to be very popular. After rubbing, send a few photos in the circle of friends, which will probably be written like this: Invited today, participate in the premiere of xxx movies, and wish X's movie a big box office hit.
Don't stop at the Spring Festival Gala
Tian Changsheng was originally a chef, and after his divorce in 2003, he came to Beijing from Sichuan, and accidentally saw an advertisement for mass actors, and signed up out of love.
After doing group performances for a while, he began to act as a "drama head", responsible for contacting other actors and calling for a commission of 20 yuan.
He knew that Wang Baoqiang was just a legend, fame depended on luck, but also had to have a skill, he could sing, he began to compose music. During the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, Tian Changsheng returned to his hometown with his own songs and sound equipment to sing to the people in the disaster area.
In addition to filming, his life is filled with performances, of which 90% are public welfare.
He said: "I don't give up on the Spring Festival Gala, I want to let my apprentice know that I have not worked hard in vain all these years." ”
Overnight fame turned over
In 2008, because singing "Angel's Wings" in the Xidan underground passage was filmed as a DV and transmitted to the Internet, Ren Yueli became a fire and became known as the "Xidan Girl".
Since then, she has participated in Oriental Satellite TV's "Come on! Oriental Angel", CCTV's "2011 CCTV Spring Festival Gala", and starred in his first film "In That Distant Mountain Village".
In 2016, Ren Yueli even landed on New York's Times Square. There are reports that today, she has successfully started her own business and is worth more than 100 million. All of this is inseparable from her hard work.
Some people say that the entertainment industry is full of gold, but there are also countless bones buried under the gold.
For the North Drift artists, I wish your dreams come true, and I hope that you can always maintain your original intention.