Works with a good team such as "Who Is He" and "The Road of Life" have been broadcast one after another, activating the mainland TV drama market in March.
In this "chaotic battle" where big coffee gathered, Huang Zitao took the sword with a niche theme "Spring Warm Sun".
Because he played the growth story of a traffic student with no acting skills, he was praised by netizens: courage is commendable!
As one of the "four sons who returned to China" who debuted as a trainee in South Korea and received thousands of attention and doubts when he returned to China, Huang Zitao took a different path in 8 years.
Although it was questioned, it finally shattered the public's stereotype of him.
And in the 10 years since his debut, Huang Zitao has experienced from being shelled at the beginning to being praised now?
1. The poorest rich second generation or the most black traffic
As an authentic Qingdao child, Huang Zitao grew up in a not "smooth" environment, although his father came from a business background and was once worth 20 billion yuan, and in the 90s he was already ranked seventh in Qingdao.
But for Huang Zitao, the rich family is not a greenhouse, and his father felt that boys should be poor, so he sent him to learn martial arts at the age of 5, and won many international wushu competitions.
When he was studying, the father was still "stingy" and resolutely refused to give his son pocket money.
When he was a child, Huang Zitao saw that his classmates had money to buy snacks, and he always had a big question: "My house is so big, but why am I so poor?" ”
In such a poor environment, he grew up to 15 years old and decided to drop out of school to experience a different life, and his father actually agreed, but often silently helped behind his back.
After that, Huang Zitao worked as a waiter, handed out flyers, and made cameo roles in the crew, but his insistence on music never gave up.
He saved up every penny he earned, and then used this "hard-earned money" to ask teachers to learn music.
At the age of 16, Huang Zitao participated in a music festival and won first prize for a live improvisational rap performance.
After that, he began to consciously participate in various competitions, until the end of the following year, when he participated in the audition of the Korean MBC TV music program "The Great Birth", he was discovered by SM Agency and signed as a trainee.
During that time, Huang Zitao fought hard, and he didn't have much foundation, especially in dance, so he had to work harder.
At one stage, he entered the dance rehearsal room at 7 a.m. every day and needed to practice until after 1 a.m. to finish, but Huang Zitao seemed to be happy with this.
Many artists who debuted in South Korea have revealed how hard it is when they are trainees.
The "first generation of top stream" Han Geng once said that he didn't know that he had a fracture when he was a trainee, until he found discomfort during a push-up, and he was diagnosed after seeing a doctor.
Wang Ziwen also worked as a trainee before becoming famous, and her experience is similar to that of Huang Zitao, entering the practice room in the morning and coming out in the early morning.
What's more, not only do they have to undergo super-intense training every day, but the teachers are also extremely demanding, and they will physically punish and do two-hour push-ups at every turn.
However, Huang Zitao is lucky, after all, not all trainees have the opportunity to debut, but after persevering for more than half a year, he was born with the EXO combination.
At the end of 2011, Huang Zitao officially debuted under the stage name TAO, and the following year, he swept the Asian Music Awards for the mini album "MAMA" released by the group, which received special attention.
When he first debuted, Huang Zitao was also complained by fans because of his appearance and other reasons, and his popularity was far less than that of other companions, but he didn't care, feeling that there should be masters and secondaries in the team, so he was willing to be a "green leaf".
At that time, he was in charge of dancing in the team, often doing some difficult movements, so the chance of injury was greater, but he was not taken seriously by the company.
Due to the conflict with the brokerage company, some team members left one after another, especially in mid-2014, captain Wu Moufan officially announced the termination of his contract, and Lu Han also chose to leave a few months later.
Huang Zitao's behavior at this time was strange, he posted an angry article accusing his teammates of "betraying the company", which directly led to a sharp decline in his popularity and therefore triggered a war between fans.
But the good times did not last long, and Huang Zitao himself encountered inevitable problems, which eventually led to his return to China for development.
2. The most rampant entertainer or the man with the most true temperament
In February 2015, while participating in the variety show "Idol Games", Huang Zitao accidentally sprained his ankle, resulting in the inability to attend the "The EXO luXion" concert on time.
Later, when his foot injury did not heal, the agency asked him to return to the stage, which further aggravated his injury.
Fans were very distressed and strongly protested, and under such circumstances, the agency issued a statement of "temporarily reducing Huang Zitao's activities", but it was regarded by the outside world as a snow hide for him.
Two months later, at the suggestion of his father, Huang Zitao immediately announced the termination of SM's contract on the grounds of returning to China to recuperate.
From publicly shelling his teammates to unilaterally announcing the termination of his contract, Huang Zitao experienced a "catastrophe" of public opinion.
At that stage, his reputation plummeted, and he also became a rampant character who was rude, low in emotional intelligence, playing big names, and too double standards in the eyes of passers-by.
In June 2015, Huang Zitao set up his own studio, and his father Huang Zhongdong specially came to Beijing from Qingdao to help his son take care of all his work.
Huang Zitao also focuses all his energy on creating his own new works, and never responds to doubts from the outside world.
A month later, his debut solo album "T.A.O" was released, which set a new record for the highest first-day sales of a digital music album in the mainland, but for passers-by, the response was mediocre.
After that, in addition to making music, Huang Zitao also began to frequently participate in various variety shows and tried to appear in many film works.
Especially in 2016, he participated in "Real Man 2" as a regular guest, and unexpectedly successfully reversed his personality because of personality traits such as Geng Zhi and stupid cute - this is the first step of his "whitewashing".
Huang Zitao in the show dares to speak, but sometimes he inexplicably pokes and laughs, and judging from the show, his emotional intelligence is definitely not low.
For example, when teammate Tong Liya was trained, he would suddenly call a report and ask if he could lift his pants, which immediately relieved the tension and relieved Tong Liya.
For example, when Sun Yang was dizzy and unsteady on his feet, it was also Huang Zitao who proposed that he felt that the amount of training was too large.
There is also the eating of raw meat, which he couldn't bear at first, but immediately after eating one slice, he asked for a second piece, which caused countless laughter...
There are many similar situations, although looking at it now, some people will still question it, but as one netizen commented:
"After reading it, you will find that maybe Huang Zitao is not as good as the fans, but it is definitely not as bad as the sunspots."
After this show, the "complicated" Huang Zitao has another label of "middle two".
At this time, Huang Zitao was 23 years old, but he broke the public's inherent impression of "small fresh meat" during the filming process.
At that time, participating in "Railway Flying Tiger", Huang Zitao still insisted on hanging Weiya to film with chickenpox, and was called by the director to prepare to change the stand-in, but he refused bluntly, and asked with a serious face:
"Why use a stand-in? I'm a man and I'm not pretentious. ”
The expression is arrogant, but the behavior is really man, and even Jackie Chan, who once bombarded Xiao Xianrou "useless", also came forward to call him.
3. The most outrageous actor or the most unleashed star
Later, someone picked it out that Huang Zitao was actually a very warm person, and he once had a very good friend in his hometown called Chenchen.
The other party is deaf and mute, but he never dislikes it, and even promised his friend: "When I become a star in the future, I will definitely let you stay by my side." ”
Sure enough, he did not break his word, and the first thing he did after returning to China was to arrange Chen Chen to be by his side and work as a life assistant, but he hardly mentioned it to the outside world.
In 2018, Huang Zitao partnered with Yang Mi, who was the "big traffic" at the time, and starred in the TV series "Negotiator".
In the play, he plays Xie Xiaofei, the heir of the rebellious family group, a role that coincides with the image he gave in the past.
Although the public was quite critical of the casting this time, the crew finally responded, saying that they saw many similarities between Huang Zitao and the male protagonist.
Sure enough, after the play was broadcast, many passers-by sighed in their souls: Huang Zitao is starring in his true colors!
Indeed, I saw him wearing a dragon fruit-colored suit, with clothes that were thrown off, and slightly raised corners of his mouth, which was simply the image of the "evil overlord" who came out of the book.
In addition, the plot is also quite unconventional, such as wanting to give medicine to the beloved girl, but bumped into him with others, and under the loss and sadness, Xie Xiaofei had to take all the medicine himself...
Another example is that the way to express intimacy with the heroine is not to hug and hold high, but to pinch the face, pinch the ears, and ruffle the hair, which also leaves the emoji that Yang Mi wants to delete the most.
After that, he took out "Blood Together" with Yi Yangqianxi, although his acting skills did not have much breakthrough, but for him from a non-professional class, it is already a big improvement.
In the same year that this work was broadcast, Huang Zitao lost his father's protection.
Huang Zhongdong died of illness, and a long time later, Huang Zitao recalled this paragraph on a variety show, saying it very emotionally and tearfully:
"I'd rather trade my 10 years of life for my dad's year."
But it's a pity that there are no ifs.
After the death of Huang's father, as a son and at the helm of 12 companies, 27-year-old Huang Zitao officially took over Longtao Entertainment, which his father personally founded.
As a boss, he refers to his artists as "family" and also publicly promises to "not waste children's youth".
As an artist, Huang Zitao is still speechless, and during the live broadcast, he suddenly angrily scolded the black fan: "What have you done, from which angle can you sour me?" ”
Then in the hit "Spring Warm Sun", 30-year-old Huang Zitao once again interpreted "self" in the play, restoring how the top star Song Yang, who combines thousands of glory, grew from a small fresh meat with acting skills to a truly responsible star.
Maybe Huang Zitao in this work, his acting skills are still average, but at least he has been trying to walk a seemingly flawed, but straight road.
Throughout his growth along the way, it is not difficult to find that his secondary, stupid, and even some rampant character shaping is the strong support of his father and the choice of a young artist who does not forget his original intention.
Expect a better Huang Zitao - although he is not as good as fans say, at least not too bad.
After all, only sincerity can defeat magic, and Huang Zitao's whitewashing story only has the word sincerity.