Ten years forward, it is the golden age of TV variety shows.
Mango, Lantai and Oriental Satellite TV were the troika that led the era at that time.
They secretly compete with each other, and you sing and I appear, all for fear of being thrown away too far by the other party, but they don't put Ai Youteng in their eyes at all.
Almost every time, the mango station is a little ahead.
In October 2013, "Where Is Daddy Going" took over "Happy Boy" and launched Mango, which instantly exploded in domestic entertainment.
The audience has never seen actors, singers and presenters like this before... The form of reality show completely subverts the previous variety show routine.
Lantai was in a hurry and began to want to win back a round.
A year later, Blue TV producer Yu Hangying sent Deng Chao an invitation.
This invitation was issued in the form of a PPT, which contains a detailed introduction to the new comprehensive prepared by Lantai Heavy Fund, and is accompanied by their expectations for Deng Chao - from a film and television celebrity to a variety show celebrity, and become a new generation of Asian variety show host king.
Finally, with an exciting question: Do you dare to come?
Deng Chao decided to go to the appointment without thinking, and he later told Yu Hangying that he was attracted by such a special invitation.
A few months later, "Run Brothers" was launched as scheduled.
As soon as this variety show was broadcast, it became a mess.
The audience chased more, the ratings dominated, even student gatherings and company team building tore up famous brands, and a certain treasure merchant was once in short supply... The value of several resident guests rose with the tide.
They laughed and laughed on screen, and the audience laughed in front of the TV.
Ten years later, we look back and find -
From this moment on, many things quietly changed.
Cradle of fame
There are not many people who dare to be the first to eat crabs.
There are actually fewer people who have the opportunity to be the first to eat crabs.
Angelababy is the one who dares to eat crabs and has the opportunity to sit at the table.
"Running Man" initially selected guest candidates, but it was not easy.
Because there is no reference item for internal entertainment, almost everyone crosses the river by feeling the stones - the program group lacks experience, and artists are worried.
At that time, after the candidates were determined, the producers often had to fly to the artist's location at least twice to meet them in order to dispel their concerns.
During the whole process, only Angelababy was the smoothest.
She doesn't have any concerns, and as a loyal viewer of the Korean version of "Running man", she knows that -
It's a shortcut to fame and fortune.
There are even some who can't wait to eat this crab.
Without Running Man, almost no one knew Angelababy.
Even if her resources have always been very good, she can hitchhike with the Huang father and son in Hong Kong, and can back the big tree of Huayi in domestic entertainment, but she has never been able to get familiar on the big screen.
At that time, the audience only knew that she was Huang Xiaoming's gossip girlfriend.
When she first returned to Neiyu, she was the canary in Huang Xiaoming's cage.
Her name mostly appeared on the front page headlines of entertainment news: either she wore a sailor suit to celebrate Huang Xiaoming's birthday, or Huang Xiaoming threw thousands of dollars to give her a Lamborghini worth tens of millions... Huang Xiaoming spoiled her very much, smiled for the Pomeranians, and simply bought more than 20,000 ice creams on the entire street.
The story of the tender model and the boss should have been like this - if the tender model were not Angelababy.
Yang Ying is a very intelligent person, full of coquettish Hong Kong and Taiwan accents when she is entertained in Hong Kong, and she is fluent in Mandarin when she returns to domestic entertainment.
She has always known exactly what she wants, and she can practice the word goose plucking to the extreme.
Huang Xiaoming and "Running Man" are both east winds borrowed by her.
In 2009, Huang Xiaoming met her and quickly fell in love.
At that time, Huang Xiaoming was already a well-known actor, who had filmed "Night Banquet", "The Wind" and "The Condor Heroes", which is still on rotation; is a shareholder of Huayi and a successful businessman with a net worth of more than 100 million; He has excellent contacts and resources: he is like a family with the Wang brothers in Neiyu, and he has always been friendly with the Xiang couple in Hong Kong Entertainment...
As the romance came to light, these riches and resources instantly poured towards Angelababy.
In this way, the latter ushered in an explosive period of career.
Director Gao Qunshu said: Many actors absorb water like a sponge, but she is like a layer of oil, you can't splash it on it.
Even so, he had to face frustration to pave the way for it, signing Angelababy after Huayi, and the resources were against the sky.
She played the heroine in "Summer Joy" and "The First Time", appeared in the big production "Di Renjie's God Capital Dragon King", and her TV series works were also adapted by the IP adaptation of "Song in the Clouds", and was also selected as "Four Little Hua Dan" by "Nandu Weekly"...
No one expected that Huang Xiaoming would pave the way so far, but the rate of return was pitifully low. It's just a fake food scene to do bad word of mouth, and the popularity has not been earned at all.
Without Running Man, Angelababy would have been hard.
In 2014, "Running Man" was launched on the blue platform, and almost overnight, this delicate-looking, spicy personality "female man" became popular, and Angelababy perfectly adapted to the character tailored to it by "Running Man".
Traffic began to re-empower her title, and in the blink of an eye, she was already a hot actor, with an endless stream of film contracts and a salary that once peaked.
She sat at the table and savored the first spoonful of crab roe.
From this moment on, many things are put before the horse.
The red carpet can be walked remotely, filming can rely on cutouts, awards can be handed out casually... The industry began to acquiesce in many groundbreaking operations.
In 2019, Angelababy represented Chinese actresses on the cover of the American edition of Vogue magazine. The magazine introduced her as an actress, singer, and entrepreneur, but she couldn't provide the slightest score to support these titles.
I can only add: she is the Chinese version of Kim Kardashian.
When it comes to the Kardashians, Americans often say: Famous for nothing. The literal translation is "Wuwei became famous", satirizing that his representative works are only appearance, companion and reality TV.
Angelababy was undoubtedly successful because she never aimed only at fame.
Her success makes those actors who rely on polishing their works and deeply cultivating acting skills to find a way out seem rigid and clumsy, but they also make countless people flock to it.
The latecomers woke up like a dream - reality TV is the cradle of fame.
Ten years later, the first thing that comes to mind when Angelababy comes to mind is "Running Man". This beauty, whose beauty is worth 80 million salaries, has not yet won the Grand Slam.
But so what? She has already stood on the top of the inner entertainment tower with the wind of two shareholders, earning enough banknotes and confidence.
Now she is no longer the tender model who will celebrate Huang Xiaoming's birthday in a sailor suit, and she will no longer be moved by the ice cream feign of the whole street.
On this shortcut to fame, Angelababy has rewritten too many rules and seats in domestic entertainment, countless people want to copy her path to fame, and even traffic is trying to open the market through reality shows, jump out of the pool of fan economy, and win more attention and attention.
People just scrambled to jump into a pool, soaking in the mixture, and they couldn't tell the difference.
The audience began to try to redefine these people - variety show coffee.
The starting point of variety show cafes
In the past, there were three pillars of domestic entertainment - singers, actors, and hosts.
Now they seem to be blended together, and the intersection has been redefined as a variety show.
Before Chen He went to "Running Man", he probably wanted to be an actor.
After all, his fame came easily, and he became a hit with just a shoddy plagiarized work.
After Zeng Xiaoxian, Chen He did not worry about fame and resources, regardless of whether there was an uncle like Chen Kaige behind him.
Compared with the current situation that the vast majority of acting students are unemployed after graduation, the road under his feet is smooth and smooth.
Encountering "Running Man" can be regarded as completely changing his career trajectory.
In the beginning, in "Running Man", he was actually a flangered existence. In the early show, he and Wang Zulan barely stood in the C position, and the program group did not have high hopes for the two.
But later, Chen He was an indispensable existence of "Running Man".
Some people are even asking in Zhihu: Why is Chen He's popularity higher than Lu Han on "Running Man"?
Ten years ago, answering this question always had to be described in a lot of detail, but today it is concise - because Chen He has a strong sense of variety.
At the stage of crossing the river by touching stones, the running boy group did not know how to be a resident guest.
It just so happened that this was a reality show with competitive attributes, Deng Chao, Li Chen and Zheng Kai riveted the name tag, Wang Zulan always hid in the corner, and there were only two or three shots in the final stage.
Chen He, who was rotten, figured out the way to the variety show.
His original personality is actually a continuation of Zeng Xiaoxian.
A little clever, and a little cheap, in the variety show to make terriers, stalks, he rarely seriously participates in the competition, but can sacrifice personal image for the effect of the show - either meet and play tricks, or simply lie on the ground and rot.
What the program team did not expect was that Chen He would be the first to fire out of the circle.
So hot that he didn't have any actual works output that year, and he was also a frequent visitor on hot searches.
After the variety show was a hit, Chen He successfully became a first-line artist.
I have to admit that the rot is indeed his true self.
With the rise in popularity, he is almost sure that variety shows are the most suitable track for him. It was much easier than filming as an actor, and he decided to lie flat in his comfort zone.
Later, Chen He was a qualified variety artist.
He frequently appears in variety shows, but rarely films, as for the identity of the actor, he has long been left out of the clouds.
Chen He is a businessman, and this is also a steady and profitable transaction.
Shortly after the promulgation of the salary limit order, Deng Chao, Chen He and Lu Han ran away from the running man in a group and opened a new variety show "Wuha".
They talked together, toured the world, traveled at public expense to eat and drink, and some people paid salaries...
Obviously, this is the life Chen He wants.
In the following decade, the cake of reality shows became bigger and bigger, and Chen He received more and more program invitations, earning a lot of money. The team of variety artists is growing stronger and stronger with the naked eye, and Chen He is the starting point of the internal entertainment variety café.
The real variety show coffee is a superficial but pure person like Chen He.
He never wanted to be a good actor, as long as he could make money and cut leeks more easily, he would be content and happy. But some of them are always being scolded, such as Chen He's big brother Deng Chao.
Both want and want, let this group of actors fall into a dead end.
Actor's Mai Cheng
Deng Chao has lived a really screwed life in the past ten years.
Looking back at the invitation letter before he went to run the man, producer Yu Hangying's promise to him is all true - to transform from a film and television celebrity to a variety show celebrity and become a new generation of Asian variety show host kings.
You see, this is almost all done.
How successful Deng Chao's transformation has been in the past ten years has been obvious to the audience, so that as long as he films, he is either ridiculed or scolded: pain is like stepping on a finger pressure board, and happiness is like tearing a name card.
Today's Deng Chao is a complete variety artist.
He worked the screen to create memes, play ugly, play games hard, sensationalize, and create one meme after another. Although he didn't go around like Chen He, he never stopped staying in variety shows.
Successfully completed the transformation of film and television celebrities to variety show celebrities in front of everyone.
But Deng Chao is far less transparent and open-minded than Chen Hetong.
Because he wants both fish and bear's paw, wants to make money in variety shows, and also wants the reputation of the audience.
Jumped repeatedly on the two tracks of variety shows and film and television dramas, and finally lived as it is today.
Deng Chao was indeed a good actor, ten years ago.
Without "Running Man", Deng Chao always regarded it as a goal to be a good actor, and in order to achieve this goal, he did not dare to relax since school, and always secretly hid in the Chinese opera rehearsal room all night to grind the play.
Even his teacher once said: Deng Chao is the hardest working among so many students I have led.
After the hard-working Deng Chao left campus, his career luck has been very good.
Not long after he graduated, he became popular with the role of the Shunzhi Emperor in "Young Son of Heaven". Because of the accurate interpretation, the same type of film contract has continued since then.
Not long after walking out of campus, he was already known as the "Emperor Professional".
In 2008, when he was first electrocuted, he won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Rally" and was nominated for the Golden Rooster. Later, when he played Xin Xiaofeng in "Scorching Sun", his acting skills were even more pure.
The fear and confusion of the executed prisoners at the time of his execution are still a textbook interpretation.
At that time, Deng Chao was proud of the spring breeze, and the Golden Rooster was crowned emperor, and he was almost recognized as a good actor in the industry.
At that time, Deng Chao was a two-way guarantee of box office + quality.
He was expected to be high, by the industry, by the audience.
But now, he is a well-known box office poison.
When he first appeared on "Running Man", Deng Chao must not have expected that this variety show would affect his filming.
Now the drawbacks have been put on the table - I have watched the movie "Shadow" many times, and as an audience, I am even screwed up like Deng Chao.
In this film, Deng Chao's ability to shape characters is obvious to all, he portrays both characters as flesh and blood, even across the screen, the audience feels the struggles and distress of different characters.
But at the same time, it is difficult for the audience to believe - believe in the existence of the characters, believe in the background of the story, and every frame will give the audience the illusion that the running man specially recorded, which is the sequel of variety shows.
It's the same with "Chinese Table Tennis" - before watching this movie, I happened to watch Deng Chao's new variety show "Wuha", one of which happened to be a table tennis competition he arranged to promote the movie.
After watching this episode of the variety show, I couldn't accept any setting in "Chinese Table Tennis" at all, couldn't believe the character created by Deng Chao, and I felt that he was recording a variety show.
Why not Li Chen?
In the past, Li Chen was once a peer praised by Zhang Yi, but now there are almost no works that can be remembered by the audience.
Someone once asked: Why are Li Chen and Zheng Kai unwilling to leave the running man?
Replied: Because apart from the characters of "Big Black Bull" and "Little Cheetah", they no longer have works that can be remembered by the audience.
In a word, this is a total rout of the actor.
A glimpse of the whole leopard, the damage of reality TV variety shows to actors is obviously huge, and "Running Man" is just one of many examples.
Nowadays, there is even one more criterion for evaluating the merits of an actor - whether he/she is willing to appear on reality TV variety shows.
More and more actors are starting to distance themselves from reality TV and take a stand. Deng Chao, Li Chen, and Zheng Kai would not be unaware of its injury, but there was no other way.
They stood on the variety show stage for ten years, and they were in a dilemma.
A few days ago, the group photo of the first generation of running boy groups rushed to the hot search, and countless viewers recalled and left messages under the hot search: I was only in elementary school when I was chasing variety shows, and now I am in college.
Ten years is fleeting.
The ratings that Lantai and Mango fought hard for have long been divided up by Aiyuteng, and the running boy group has also been dismantled.
In the past decade, reality TV variety shows have crossed a perfect parabola in domestic entertainment. It has experienced blowouts and peaks in traffic, but now it is inevitably going downhill.
It is the cradle of fame, the starting point of variety shows, and the wheat city of actors.
The original running boy group is a complete witness of this era. At that time, they began to run with the highest remuneration in domestic entertainment, and when the whistle sounded, they buried their heads and rushed forward, but they did not know the end point.
Now the end is just around the corner -
There is no public opinion on winning or losing, and you know what you are getting and losing yourself.