Zhang Jin, who inserted the nasal tube, tore open the cruel truth of the entertainment industry

Martial arts actor Zhang Jin is rare on a hot search. This time, he was finally not tied to his wife Cai Shaofen and appeared as Cai Shaofen's "accessory" image.

In fact, Zhang Jin himself is also quite good, but over the years, when the public thinks of him, the first thing they think of is the loving relationship between him and his wife Cai Shaofen.

He is known for his image as a "good husband", but as a good martial arts actor, his brilliance is much dimmed.

As a "bead" among today's domestic martial arts actors, Zhang Jin is one of the few actors who still insists on filming scenes, and it is inevitable that filming scenes will bump into each other, and this time on the hot search is because of filming injuries.

Zhang Jin in the photo is in a somewhat haggard state, one foot is thickly wrapped, there are abrasions on his hands, and there are instruments next to him, which looks like he is quite seriously injured.

In another photo, Zhang Jin's face is exposed, although he is facing the camera, but his face is not very good, both legs are thickly wrapped, unable to move, and a nasal tube is inserted, which can't help but admire his dedication.

The injured him also made many fans distressed, and they advised him not to work so hard, but Zhang Jin's answer seemed quite "sad", he said: If you don't work hard, you can't do it.

It is precisely this sentence that exposes the cruel truth of the entertainment industry. In today's entertainment industry, shrouded in an impetuous atmosphere, there is no longer the hearty fighting scenes of the past, even in martial arts films, the fighting actions are soft and slow motion, and there are countless fake horseback riding and fake figures...

(Refer to Ren Jialun's muscle suit in the play)

However, the really powerful, such as Zhang Jin and the like, are facing the dilemma of only turning around in bad films and small costs, and some of them even have no scenes to film.

Although in Zhang Jin's label, he carefully wrote down the honors he had won: Best Actor at the Academy Awards, which is already superior in his peers.

Masterpieces such as "Shuiyue Dongtian", "A Generation of Grandmasters", "Kill the Wolf 2" are also known to the audience, but Zhang Jin does not dare to slack off at all, and the consequence of his failure to work hard may be that he is completely "abandoned" by the capital side.

This is not alarmist, just look at the dilemma of Jackie Chan, a big man in the entertainment industry, you can know one or two.

Some time ago, his new movie "Dragon Horse Spirit" was released, partnered Liu Haocun and Guo Qilin, and Wu Jing, who has been popular in recent years, also made a cameo appearance in it.

However, even many "immortals" saved the scene, and they could not save the decline of the film, with an investment of 300 million, but the final box office is expected to be only about 220 million.

(5 days after release, the box office has not exceeded 100 million)

For such a situation, Jackie Chan is also quite powerless, at the press conference, he said a little bitterly, if you want an action actor to be the starring, 10 million will not be cast, but if Yi Yangqianxi is the male protagonist, 400 million will also be cast.

This also brought him a lot of controversy, but in any case, there is a fact in front of him, that is, he really has no box office appeal.

Looking at Jackie Chan's works in recent years, in fact, he has had many new attempts, but whether it is "Detective Pu Songling" or the recent "Dragon Horse Spirit", they have not performed well, either mushy or rotten, the harder he works, the more embarrassed he is, and he has become a "bad film professional".

Not only Jackie Chan, but also Sammo Hung, another big man in Hong Kong, is also "humble".

Some time ago, Sammo Hung won the Asian Film Lifetime Achievement Award, and when he went on stage to receive the award, his eyes turned red several times, and he choked up so much that he couldn't speak, he was deeply touched to talk about the past 3 years, bluntly said that the Hong Kong film industry is very quiet, he usually buys groceries, and is far away from the film circle.

In them, they can deeply feel the powerlessness of the hero's twilight, and they still want to do something, but unfortunately the times have "abandoned" them. The big guy is still like this, not to mention some actors who are in the prime of life, Fan Shaohuang is a typical example.

He has popularity among the audience and representative works, but he is always a breath away from carrying the banner alone, so after moving to the mainland in recent years, he has constantly shuttled through online movies and become the "king of bad movies", and he is just one of the many Hong Kong stars who went north and invested in the online and live broadcast industries.

(It's almost hard to find works above the passing line)

It is clear that he is still in the prime of life, but it gives people the feeling of an era, and the reasons for all this may be caused by 2 aspects.

The first point: the change of discourse power, in other words, "the economic base determines the superstructure".

In the early years, the Hong Kong area was economically prosperous, and its own cultural symbols were strongly exported to the two sides of the strait, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia: martial arts films, police and bandit films, in this context, the route of kung fu and star fighting is wider than other drama roads, which is a shortcut, and the only price is to endure hardship.

So a large number of stars came into being, they also tasted the sweetness as they wished, Michelle Yeoh ushered in a new life in her career after the transformation, and Hu Huizhong, who became popular because of "Overlord Flower", they have all encountered crises because of plays, and are admired by people.

And all this failed with the decline of the Hong Kong circle, police and bandit films, martial arts films are all gone, tired of watching this type of audience, looking elsewhere.

The Hong Kong film industry, which did not innovate and grasped the pulse of the times, was gradually forgotten by the world, and with the transfer of economic strength between Hong Kong and the mainland, the old-school Hong Kong film industry failed to adapt to the new rules of the game and was forced to be marginalized.

Such an encounter, in fact, Taiwan also encountered earlier, around the millennium, Taiwan's economy threw off the mainland, youth idol dramas strongly attacked the TV drama market in the two sides of the strait and three places, is a large number of post-80s and post-90s childhood memories.

With the rapid development of the mainland film and television drama industry around 2010, the phenomenal explosion of dramas such as "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Ancient Sword and Qitan", dwarfed by Taiwanese idol dramas, has completely become an old shroud.

After several years of gloom, Taiwanese film and television people decisively lost their old things and focused on social reality, so a large number of excellent works were continuously produced: "The Cultivation of a Common Girl" focusing on older unmarried women, and "Our Distance from Evil" focusing on social issues...

It suddenly saved the Taiwanese film industry from the desperate situation of "near-death", making many people exclaim: It turns out that Taiwan's film and television industry has made people so "amazing".

It is no exaggeration to say that they have avoided the "edge" of the mainland, and have opened up a new path in small but refined reality dramas, even if there are a few "not famous" actors who turn over and over are fascinating.

In contrast, in the Hong Kong film industry, Stephen Chow gradually stepped down from the altar; Wang Jing completely lost her pursuit, became a bad film manufacturing machine, lived in a corner, and tirelessly filmed the online movies produced by the assembly line, and the core is still that old-fashioned thing.

Although these movies are continuously produced, they have also become a piece of bagasse that has been chewed thousands of times, and the food is tasteless, and it can only be easily swallowed by adding a condiment called "feelings".

Look at the talented Hong Kong directors, the old old, walking, can no longer find a person to carry the banner, actor-turned-Koo Tianle, filmed a huge "Tomorrow's War", known as a sci-fi mecha film, ingeniously created, after watching it is just a police and bandit story in the shell of a sci-fi film, and it is difficult to turn the tide of the actor and the queen.

The glory of the past trapped them, they refused to leave the baggage of the past, they could only stage yesterday's story over and over again, shaping themselves into "tragic characters", fiercely criticizing the new generation for their disengagement, in fact, the fundamental problem is that they refuse to change.

The second point: dedication, hard work≠ good acting skills, don't let the audience pay for feelings

As mentioned earlier, Jackie Chan took the example of not being recognized by the market, his original intention may be to criticize the market under the pursuit of profit by capital, covering up the really capable people, but is this really the case?

Take Jackie Chan himself as an example, mention him, I believe that the first reaction of the vast majority of the audience is how powerful his playing is, with this excellent kung fu, he has promoted Chinese symbols to the world, and his contribution is not small.

However, how many people recognize Jackie Chan himself's acting skills, in the hearts of the public, he is a veritable kung fu superstar, but he is not known for his acting skills.

(Jackie Chan won the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement)

Presumably, Jackie Chan is also clearly aware of his single acting path, and has visited well-known directors such as Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee many times, "pleading" with the other party to give him a better role, but he was rejected by the other party for various reasons.

There are many such examples: Fan Shaohuang, Donnie Yen, Xiang Zuo, etc., who either have insufficient acting skills to support other types of films, or their appearance is limited. In martial arts films, it is the fist and foot kung fu that tests the actors more than their acting skills, so as soon as they leave the kung fu film, they are bleak.

There are no exceptions, of course there are.

Michelle Yeoh, who won an Oscar some time ago, is such an example. She was famous as a star in her early years, although she was not famous, but in her acting skills, she did not have much brilliance, and the awards in the film and television category can be called "grain nothing".

Her transformation may be in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee, this film made Zhang Ziyi shine, and Michelle Yeoh as the heroine was not mentioned much.

"Memoirs of a Geisha" cooperated with Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li, the limelight was completely taken away by Gong Li, whose acting skills are brilliant, it can be said that although Michelle Yeoh is not lacking in fame, there are not many times when the audience is really recognized for her acting skills.

And Michelle Yeoh's award, in addition to her multi-faceted and deep image, is also inseparable from Hollywood's aesthetic tendencies in recent years.

Look at Hui Yinghong, who got soft hands after taking the film, is also born as a star, and has been bleak for many years in the middle, but whether it is the decline of the Hong Kong circle or the decline of kung fu films, it can't block her light as an actor.

In "Blood Guanyin", she played the powerful and extremely deep city "Mrs. Tang", who won the Golden Horse Film in one fell swoop, which convinced the audience. The edge under her eyes is precisely what she sharpened when she was a star and the pain of the years, but this sharpness alone is not enough, her acting skills are the last word.

Therefore, don't "blame" the market for not giving stars a chance, don't "blame" the audience for changing too quickly, in the final analysis, or as an actor, having acting skills and shaping ability is the core value, and other things are too empty.

Or like Wu Jing, change the track, seize the wind of the times, become a director and an investor, but this is a very small number after all.

More are ordinary people who have been swept by the tide of the times, and the silence is understandable, not to mention the "flowers without 100 days of red", and they are quite lucky with high light moments.

Whether it is Zhang Jin or Jackie Chan, we cannot deny their efforts, but in an era of traffic, if you want to be "popular" for a long time, there must be various complex factors behind it, and it is enough to work hard, live to your heart's content, and not regret it.