Wen 丨 Dawang
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In mid-April, many netizens posted videos reporting Xu Zheng under their real names, saying that he was a "low-quality artist" and cheating money.
A wave of unevenness rose again and again, and Xu Zheng, who was originally determined to participate in "Youth Travels", was suddenly rumored to quit the recording.
Once this matter was reported, it caused heated discussions among netizens, and many people speculated: "Xu Zheng won't really be banned, right?" ”
As early as when Xu Zheng wanted to participate in "Youth Travels", many netizens left messages to boycott, saying that Xu Zheng had stood on stage for his wife and was not suitable to appear in this variety show, hoping that the program group could ban him.
According to insiders, Xu Zheng did not quit this variety show at all, but went to the set to film, and there was a conflict in time.
In June 2022, a director surnamed Wang reported Huanxi Media for false tax deduction and did not issue invoices in his real name, and Xu Zheng was one of the bosses of this company.
The director surnamed Wang revealed that he worked in Huanxi Media for more than a year, not only did he not get a penny, but also posted nearly one million.
As public opinion continued to ferment, Zhejiang Radio and Television replied to the matter after investigation:
"Xu Zheng was not characterized as a bad artist, Xu Zheng was not involved in the case, and his participation in the show was approved by the competent unit."
The official response indirectly refuted the rumors for Xu Zheng, but many netizens did not pay.
From being sought after by 10,000 people to being boycotted by netizens, how did Xu Zheng get "suspected by 10,000 people" step by step?
The 3 mysteries left on Xu Zheng are also time to solve.
01
When Xu Zheng was 23 years old, he officially entered the drama troupe and began to contact the entertainment industry.
His congenital conditions were not good enough, and with his unremitting efforts, he finally won the best "actor" in Magnolia with the drama "The Color of Stocks".
But when Xu Zheng was still acting in a drama, his classmate Li Bingbing successfully exploded after starring in "Young Bao Qingtian", and various film contracts and commercial performances followed, and even the cost of an advertisement was enough for Xu Zheng to earn a few years.
At this time, Xu Zheng began to doubt life, he was thinking about whether to jump out, thinking about it, Xu Zheng decided to step out of his comfort zone.
When Xu Zheng encountered the script of "Spring Splendid Pig Bajie", Xu Zheng hesitated, because he didn't like the role of Zhu Bajie, but he didn't have the right to choose, so he had to bite the bullet and take it.
What he never dreamed of was that it was with the role of Zhu Bajie that made him famous in a war and became popular all over the country.
At that time, Xu Zheng did not dare to go out during the day, and no matter where he went, he would be pointed at and said: "Look, Zhu Bajie is here." ”
After the two got married, the potter's career prospered, but Xu Zheng stopped, because he had no other masterpieces except for this role, and as he worried, he couldn't take off the label of "Zhu Bajie".
It was not until he starred in "People on the Road" that Xu Zheng completely got rid of the label of "Zhu Bajie", and with this "Zhu Bajie" series, he completely grasped the wind of the Chinese film market.
At this time, Xu Zheng's word-of-mouth box office double harvest, and he also took this opportunity to complete the transformation and become a director.
In 2012, Xu Zheng, who was working while the iron was hot, launched his own film "People in Thailand on the Road", and also pulled up Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo and other friends.
Although Xu Zheng is good at acting, if you want to direct a movie, you need not only a good script, but also a lot of financial support.
In order to shoot "Thailand" well, Xu Zheng gambled on "all his wealth".
What he didn't expect was that even if he got 30 million, it was still a drop in the bucket for shooting this movie.
At this time, Wang Baoqiang and Huang Bo supported Xu Zheng in the form of reduced salaries in order to help Xu Zheng fulfill his dream, and halfway through the film, Xu Zheng was short of funds again.
At this time, Huang Bo stood up and said:
I don't want to be paid first, just give me ten percent of the differentiation after the movie is released.
In 2012, after the release of "Thai", it won a super high box office of nearly 1.3 billion, which not only won the box office champion that year, but also made Xu Zheng the first director in China to exceed 1 billion at the box office.
After the box office hit, Huang Bo received 50 million dividends, and his income was exactly 25 times that of Wang Baoqiang.
At this time, Wang Baoqiang was very dissatisfied in his heart, and he also extended a helping hand when you were in danger, and did not hesitate to reduce the salary to help you, did not express anything after the movie was sold?
And Xu Zheng did not propose to give Wang Baoqiang a penny of dividends from beginning to end, which also led to a gap between the two.
Later, during the filming of "Hong Kong", an insider revealed that Wang Baoqiang proposed not to pay the film, but only 10% of the dividend.
At this time, Xu Zheng had a lot of money in his hands, not only did he not agree to Wang Baoqiang's suggestion, but he turned around and found Bao Bell.
It was at this time that the former good brothers completely broke off, not only that, but later in an interview with reporters, Xu Zheng said:
"We all have different development directions now, so even if I make more money and have a high box office in the future, I will no longer use Wang Baoqiang to film."
Sure enough, the entertainment industry is a vanity fair, the world is bustling for profit, and the world is crowded for profit.
Just like in the variety show "Youth Travels", when asked who Xu Zheng's three-word good friend is, Wang Baoqiang blurted out "Huang Bo", judging from Xu Zheng's reaction and Wang Baoqiang's defense, the atmosphere is quite delicate.
It is undeniable that in recent years, Xu Zheng has become a famous comedy director in the entertainment industry, not only opening a company to make movies, but also having many "channels" for making money.
Everyone knows that Tao Hong and Zhang Ting are like sisters, and after learning that his wife and Zhang Ting have made a lot of money working together, Xu Zheng was also moved, and his exhausted filming was not as good as selling products for them to make money.
At this time, Xu Zheng cooperated with Zhang Ting through his wife, but Xu Zheng also left a "heart eye", perhaps in order to be independent, every time he let his wife Tao Hong and Zhang Ting attend various press conferences and activities, and became an "outsider" himself.
"Husband and wife were originally the same forest birds, and they flew separately when the disaster came."
In 2022, Zhang Lin and his wife's company was fined 11.3 billion yuan, which immediately sparked heated discussions among netizens as soon as the matter was reported.
Tao Hong, a shareholder of the company, could not escape the blame, and was sent to the hot search by netizens, angrily accusing Tao Hong of eating "blood steamed buns".
At the same time, Xu Zheng, as Tao Hong's husband, hid far away and did not say a word for Tao Hong.
After the public opinion gradually calmed down, Xu Zheng came forward and said:
"My wife can't figure it out, she can't do business at all, and I won't let her mix those things in the future."
Xu Zheng is really "extremely smart", it was a major violation of the law, and he was so indifferent and breezy by him.
This response also caused dissatisfaction among countless netizens, but no one has evidence of what Xu Zheng did, at best, he can only say that he is greedy for money, and the thing that really makes him lose the audience's popularity is "".
02
With the success of "Thai", Xu Zheng became a hot new director overnight, and many people began to stammered Xu Zheng in various ways, including some physical "stammering".
In 2012, Xu Zheng was photographed by reporters showing up at the door of a hotel late at night with a beautiful woman in his arms.
This beauty has an outstanding posture, and her posture is proud when she is with Xu Zheng, but Xu Zheng follows on the side like a little assistant, coaxing this beauty from time to time.
According to insiders at the time, after Xu Zheng and the beauty came out of the hotel that day, they went to the song hall together, and the two did not separate until dawn the next day.
No one knows exactly what happened between the two during this time, but the news made headlines the next day.
At that time, Xu Zheng's reputation in the circle was not as bad as it is now, and he was labeled as a "model husband", and Xu Zheng was immediately abused by netizens as soon as this matter came out.
Xu Zheng also responded in time, saying:
"The girl is a student, just came to negotiate the shooting of the MV of "Thai", and when she sang K that night, there were several people around her."
If you look at this response alone, there is actually no flaw, and the credibility is extremely high, but everything does not stand up to scrutiny.
At night, hotels, KTV, close together, suspected of hugging behavior, which had to make netizens start targeting Xu Zheng, more for Tao Hong.
Soon after, Tao Hong finally spoke, but her response was even more shocking than Xu Zheng:
"Physical infidelity is not a matter at all."
The media immediately asked:
"Physical and spiritual loyalty, which one do you value more?"
Tao Hong said calmly:
"The physical is not a matter of physical or physical, and loyalty has no necessary relationship with whether a relationship is good or not."
Tao Hong's bold response simply "shattered" the three views of netizens, but this is not the end.
Later, Tao Hong participated in "Venus Show", and Jin Xing asked:
"After Xu Zheng became a director, he pounced on him, there are more women who want to climb relationships, what do you think."
Faced with Jin Xing's question, Tao Hong just smiled and replied:
"That just shows that I have a good eye."
After that, Tao Hong and Xu Zheng's marriage was labeled as an "open marriage", and the two did not seem to care about the eyes of the outside world, and were repeatedly rumored about "cheating" and "marriage change".
Eat intimately with beautiful women, and then leave the restaurant hand in hand; After the photo was made public, Xu Zheng was surrounded by beautiful women, and at the same time "shyly smiled" in the arms of a beautiful woman.
All this seems to prove that Xu Zheng and Tao Hong's marriage has long been separated.
Neither of them responded, and neither seemed to be affected in the slightest, nor was they as unbearable as the outside world circulated.
With their non-response and repeated scandals, some people even fabricated rumors that "Xu Zheng adopted a female college student with an illegitimate child" and "Xu Zheng raised an illegitimate child abroad".
Whether these things are true or false, we do not know, and there is no substantial evidence.
But judging from these various photos taken, Xu Zheng is no longer the simple "Zhu Bajie" back then.
03
Absurd thing after absurd.
In July 2017, Xu Zheng was on the hot search for suspected drunken beatings, and some media revealed:
"Director Xu Zheng had a physical altercation with a female reporter in a studio, resulting in a serious facial injury to the female reporter."
Afterwards, Xu Zheng apologized to the woman in the police station, and the two reached a settlement, and later Xu Zheng also explained on a social platform, writing:
"That night he celebrated his friend's birthday, and this reporter had been chasing and filming, and there was a conflict when he got out of the car."
It stands to reason that it is indeed wrong for female journalists to invade privacy, and it is even more wrong for Xu Zheng to beat people, and after Xu Zheng apologized, this matter passed.
Who would have thought that not long ago, an insider picked up the specific details of that year, and he said:
"There were many male reporters who were filming Xu Zheng at that time, but Xu Zheng only clashed with this female reporter, not only grabbing equipment, but also hitting people, and this female reporter is less than one meter six meters tall."
The insider then said that he had taken pictures of Xu Zheng, he was one meter eight meters tall, and Xu Zheng was polite to him.
It can be clearly seen that he is ironic that Xu Zheng "bullies the soft and fears the hard".
Song Zude also criticized Xu Zheng angrily: "A small drama, what are you crazy about? You beat people after drinking and indulged yourself too much. ”
Coincidentally, Xu Zheng's "arrogance" has also caused dissatisfaction among many netizens and peers in the industry.
He once made some unacceptable remarks on a social platform, not only publicly ridiculing the appearance of an actress, but also arrogantly declaring himself "the savior of Chinese movies." ”
Xu Zheng's behavior also made many netizens begin to question his character and professionalism, pointing out that Xu Zheng at this time had long lost his modesty and low-key, thinking that the current Xu Zheng was not worthy of respect.
In 2020, it was the peak period of the epidemic, Xu Zheng sold "Mother" to an APP for more than 600 million in order to avoid losing money.
His move is "unprecedented", and many netizens have thanked Xu Zheng in the comment area: "I owe you a movie ticket, keep it to support your next movie." ”
It seems to be a fearless and dedication, but as everyone knows, throwing away all the costs of the movie, Xu Zheng not only did not lose a dime, but also reaped a large wave of praise from netizens and fans.
I have to say that Xu Zheng is really "fine", and his cleverness has also been "verbally criticized" by 23 film and television companies in the same industry.
Xu Zheng's behavior of "harming" the interests of his peers across the country has also been criticized by many directors, and Chen Sicheng posted an article saying:
"As creators, we only need to do a good job of publicity, and we can't do anything to the detriment of our peers."
At this time, Xu Zheng is even more embarrassed than "Mother", and many movie theaters have clearly stated: "I will no longer give Xu Zheng's movies a high ranking." ”
Back in "Youth Travels", Xu Zheng's various actions in the show also exposed his nature.
was complained by many netizens, either less interaction, or no participation, when others are playing games, he is lying on the sofa to watch, a high look.
So netizens no longer tolerated him this time, and complained one after another: "I can't let go of my figure, and I want to make money for variety shows, no way!" ”
Among the guests, Xu Zheng is indeed a senior, but after all, it is a variety show, everyone wants to see the funny variety show effect, if you can't put down your body, it's better not to participate.
Write at the end
From a popular director to a director with a box office of more than 100 million to now tens of thousands of people, I have to say that Xu Zheng's journey is really "twists and turns", but looking back, who caused this?
Originally thought that he would bring a different feeling to everyone on the variety show, but he didn't expect to be abused by netizens.
If Xu Zheng has been "dashing", he will inevitably be "eaten back", and while there is still exposure, it is better to try to save his reputation, otherwise Tao Hong will not be able to save him.
In fact, Xu Zheng is an "honor student" whether as an actor or a director, but he is trapped in a cage of "interests" and cannot escape.
If you blindly indulge in this, you may slowly go to the abyss, so I still hope that Xu Zheng will cherish his feathers.
After all, there is not much time left for him.
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