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preface
Recently, Wang Baoqiang's "In the Octagon Cage" has achieved great success, and as a comedy star, he once had a comedy "iron triangle" friendship.
Eleven years ago, the soaring of "Thai" made the comedy "Iron Triangle" also out of the circle, and the changes of the members of "Iron Triangle" ten years later made people feel worlds apart.
Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo and Xu Zheng, who are its members, what happened between the three of them?
The popular "Thailand" in the whole country
Speaking of "Thai", this hilarious movie set a great box office miracle in 2012.
At that time, Hollywood films were "invading" the Chinese film industry, and basically few Chinese films could match the box office of Hollywood blockbusters.
And "Thai", a movie that only invested 30 million, its box office was close to the number one "Avatar" at that time.
At that time, Avatar's movie box office was about 1.3 billion yuan, and "Thai" reached 1.27 billion yuan!
The huge success of this film first became popular with niche director Xu Zheng, "Thai" is Xu Zheng's debut as a director, and the box office of nearly 1.3 billion yuan made him suddenly promoted to "Chinese director".
Xu Zheng was an actor before, and when he was in a bottleneck period, he decided to change the route to find the answer, and this bet made him a huge success.
And the second most popular in "Tai Yan" is the two leading actors in the play in addition to Xu Zheng - Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang.
The excellent performance of the three of them is the main reason for the success of this comedy, director Xu Zheng once said that the success of "Thai" is not a bet on the right film, but on the right person.
Now eleven years later, "Thai" still has a certain rating, but after "Thai", the comedy "Iron Triangle" that has been popular for a period of time has never reappeared.
And after that, Wang Baoqiang seemed to have a conflict with Xu Zheng, resulting in "Hong Kong", "No Man's Land" and "Heart Flower", and there were only two of them in the "Iron Triangle".
After the explosion of "Thailand", director Xu Zheng, who made a lot of money, tasted the sweetness, so he quickly shot his second "Hong Kong Song".
Compared with "Thailand", "Hong Kong" did not even rub its popularity, and it was filmed sparsely.
One is because the starring Wang Baoqiang was changed, and it feels that it is always a little worse; The second is because the plot is very embarrassing, even if the comedy writes the plot like this, no one will laugh.
Wang Baoqiang was replaced because he had a conflict with Xu Zheng, some people said that it was because of the disagreement in salary, Xu Zheng did not have so much money when filming "Tai Yan", Wang Baoqiang sent charcoal to fund the film, but in the end only received 2 million.
Also starring, Huang Bodu was allocated 50 million, and this psychological imbalance was the reason for the discord between the two of them.
Some people also said that Wang Baoqiang was originally going to star in "Hong Kong", he offered not to pay and added an investment of 10 million, but Xu Zheng couldn't look at him.
Regarding the reason for rejecting Wang Baoqiang, director Xu Zheng just replied lightly "because he does not have a Hong Kong and Macao permit", which makes anyone look at it as a reason to cope.
Some people also speculate that it may be a disagreement of ideas, director Xu Zheng is heavy and intelligent, and Wang Baoqiang treats people sincerely, which is a little more reasonable.
However, such a smooth director, why did word of mouth slip to that point in the end? What happened in between?
Director Xu Zheng fell
After separating from Wang Baoqiang, Xu Zheng as a director launched the high-rated films "Me and My Motherland" and "Me and My Hometown", to show that his films are just as popular even if they are not as popular as Wang Baoqiang.
After that, he starred as an actor in "I Am Not the God of Medicine", which also gained super popularity and box office.
The popularity has risen again and again, and he even said the words "People say that it is itchy for seven years, but I have never itched".
Everyone once thought that Xu Zheng was a little "floating", and his behavior of not putting his peers in his eyes at all made people angry.
In the Spring Festival of 2020, "Mother", which was originally scheduled to be released at the end of the year, broke the contract and was released for free on the Internet.
Because it was the outbreak of the epidemic at that time, Xu Zheng was afraid that the epidemic would affect the box office of the movie and cause his personal loss, so he turned around and dumped this hot potato to the online platform and sold a large amount of money.
Before that, tens of thousands of movie theaters across the country spent a lot of money to promote this long-anticipated new work of director Xu Zheng, but the result was such a "bamboo basket is empty" ending.
This kind of behavior of disregarding the life and death of his peers was quickly complained by major film and television companies, and Xu Zheng, who did such an absurd thing, was also pulled into the blacklist by his peers.
Director Chen Sicheng condemned Xu Zheng on Weibo and reassured the public that his new work "Detective Chinatown 3" will be released in cinemas as scheduled, in sharp contrast to director Xu Zheng's irresponsible behavior.
Director Xu Zheng's character is doubted by the public, not only the fact that he "released the pigeons of national fans", but even the serious thing of "tax evasion" he has done.
A few years ago, director Wang Yichun reported director Xu Zheng in his real name for suspected tax evasion, which caused heated discussions among netizens.
Although Xu Zheng came forward to deny it, it could not stop the fermentation of public opinion, coupled with the fact that the evidence presented by director Wang Yichun was very detailed, and there was almost no possibility of fraud, and director Xu Zheng's reputation dropped again and again.
A few days after this incident, he was complained by his peers that he made a cameo appearance for only one day, and asked the crew to add his name to the ranks of the screenwriters, which can only be described by the word "shameless".
What's even more outrageous is that Xu Zheng and his wife were also suspected of pyramid schemes, and received nearly 500 million dividends from the pyramid marketing company, making a lot of money.
On April 13, 2023, Xu Zheng was "inferior artist" by the Zhejiang Radio and Television judges, and his chances on stage were greatly reduced, even if he was on the list, the camera would marginalize him.
The "Iron Triangle" Xu Zheng has "fallen", and then look at the "Million Movie King" Huang Bo, why is he gradually fading out of the audience's field of vision now, when his reputation is gradually rising?
The "actor" Huang Bo who hit a wall everywhere
As a comedy monk "actor" Huang Bo, his strength is still recognized by the public.
He is the only actor in the "Iron Triangle" who had a certain popularity before filming "Thai", whether it is "Crazy Stone" or "Bullfighting", you can see his superb acting skills.
After the success of "Thailand", Huang Bo, whose popularity has grown by leaps and bounds, is even more "red on red", and in "Journey to the West", his funny image made the audience laugh.
Comedy is a natural thing for him, and he is also good at figuring out and playing a witty role, which has also kept his popularity high.
But after the release of "Finding the Dragon" in 2015, Huang Bo began to change careers and become a director, for which he brought "acquaintance" actors to participate in his new movie.
However, director Huang Bo's debut film "A Good Show" fell again and again because it could not cater to the routine of commercial films.
Many netizens even bluntly said that Huang Bo had no way out as a director, and the movies he made were too ugly.
Huang Bo, who was frustrated in the directing industry, can only return to his old profession to be an actor, and "Crazy Alien" starring him in 2019 won 2 billion box office.
But the audience of this movie is rushing to the starring role, only to find that the movie is empty, and a comedy is boring.
After that, Huang Bo tried to transform his role and starred in the then popular "national theme" movie "Me and My Motherland".
But after the role played by him deviated from his original style, it seemed unremarkable and disappointing.
Huang Bo, who has repeatedly hit a wall, can only temporarily leave the film industry and break through the bottleneck in TV series.
In 2023, the TV series "The Right Way to Open Life" starring Huang Bo was unanimously badly received.
Netizens have commented that the plot is bloody and thunderous everywhere, and Huang Bo's acting skills are even worse.
In the end, even the big card of "Feng Shen" was also played by him, and Jiang Ziya, played by him, was called the failure of "Feng Shen" because of his temperament.
In the original work "List of Gods", such a wise old man was played so wittily, it did not make people feel innovative, but was created black.
Ten years have passed, "big guide" Xu Zheng and "actor" Huang Bo have fallen to the bottom, but Wang Baoqiang has fought a beautiful turnaround battle with "Octagonal Cage" and has become the last person to stand in the "Iron Triangle".
So, why can Wang Baoqiang, as an "honest man", become the final winner?
"The honest man who laughed last" Wang Baoqiang
After the explosion of "Tai Yan", Wang Baoqiang, who was rejected by director Xu Zheng, turned around and went to the crew directed by Chen Sicheng.
Later, the failure of "Hong Kong" and the explosion of the "Detective Chinatown" series proved Wang Baoqiang's good vision.
But after the success of "Detective Chinatown", Wang Baoqiang did not "float when he was popular" like Xu Zheng, but used his filming experience to steadily change careers as a director.
However, his debut was not successful, his agent betrayed him, and even the marriage broke down.
Reality did not privilege him because he was "honest and honest", but gave him a heavy blow.
"Big Trouble Tianzhu" "Xi Ti" Golden Broom Award, for so many years, this award that no one dares to receive only Wang Baoqiang appeared on the podium.
With a smile on his face in his hand holding a golden broom, he took the defeat and the criticism of the audience as encouragement for his own success.
He once said sincerely to the camera: "I know that this golden broom is not a glorious honor, and because of this, I have to come." ”
"Thank you to the platform for giving me this opportunity to say sorry to the audience."
"I love movies, respect movies, and respect audiences, and I know that I lack experience as a director, but I believe that one day I will become a qualified filmmaker."
As a result, "In the Octagon Cage" was a huge success, and director Wang Baoqiang, who compared his heart to heart, finally paid off.
No one knows how much he paid for "In the Octagon Cage", and even his iron brother Wang Xun did not know that during his period of such financial distress, he also withheld money from his own hands to save the original form of the film, Mr. Enbo.
Netizens said that Wang Baoqiang's great success is what he deserves, although he is called a "silly actor", but his good character of treating people with sincerity will make him go to new heights.
epilogue
There is no shortage of shrewd and smooth people in this world, and honest people will always be ridiculed by society.
But successful people in this world must have good qualities to treat people with sincerity, whether it is filming or being a person, sticking to the heart is the most important.
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