Not long ago, Zhang Xiaofei's new drama "Good Things Become Pairs" was broadcast.
Zhang Xiaofei is Jia Ling's partner and has appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala many times, but it has been tepid.
Until the 2021 Spring Festival, a "Hello, Li Huanying" let her win the Golden Rooster Award after the film, she became a first-line actress overnight.
I thought that this was a new starting point for Zhang Xiaofei's career, but almost 3 years have passed, but Zhang Xiaofei has not handed over too bright a report card.
In the past few years, Zhang Xiaofei has made a total of three movies.
The first part, "Exchange Life", which was released in the Spring Festival at the beginning of the year.
Before Zhang Xiaofei caught fire, female director Su Lun fell in love with her.
However, after the film was released, the reputation was inferior to "Living Together in Time and Space", and the Douban score was only 5.0 points.
The combination of her and Lei Jiayin also failed to support the box office, and the box office of 400 million was indeed a bit dismal, 500 million less than the animated film "Deep Sea".
The second part, Jia Ling's new film "Hot and Hot".
The film is a remake of the film "Hundred Dollar Love" starring Sakura Ando, which tells the story of a female boxer's counterattack.
The film has been completed at the beginning of this year and is expected to be released in the Spring Festival next year, but Zhang Xiaofei, as the female number three, should have some cuts.
The third part, "Saving the Suspect", released in November this year.
The director is Zhang Mo, Zhang Yimou's daughter.
And this is another remake, a remake of the Korean movie "Seven Days".
Probably not much achievement in movies, Zhang Xiaofei filmed this TV series last year, "Good Things Become Pairs".
This drama is tailor-made for Zhang Xiaofei, and the lineup can be called S-class.
Looking at the director, it is Teng Huatao, who has filmed "Naked Marriage Era" and "Snail House", and he is best at shooting urban emotional dramas.
Looking at the actors, in addition to Zhang Xiaofei, there are also well-known actors such as Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Jiani, Li Zefeng, Ke Lan and so on;
Looking at the broadcast platform, CCTV's eight sets of golden strong files + Tencent video dual platforms, the row is full, and the whole thing is fiercely looking forward to it.
After Pico brushed 17 episodes in one breath, he felt mixed and unhappy.
Let's start with the good side.
"Good Things in Pairs" is a standard cool drama, the kind that can't stop watching an episode, and has the potential to be a hit.
What story does this show tell?
In a word, the main room and the little three dou cheated scumbags, it sounds very exciting, is it?
Huang Xiaoming returned to the domineering president in this drama, and Li Zefeng once again starred as a scumbag after Xu Fengshan in "Thirty Only".
When the "overlord professional household" meets the "scumbag professional household", the expectation value increases again, is there any?
Such a drama appears in CCTV's eight sets of golden strong files, which is simply a dimensionality reduction blow to other dramas.
Sure enough, on the day of the show's premiere, the ratings exceeded 1.4, becoming the first place in the same period.
Since its broadcast, it has occupied the first place in the popular ratings of the whole network for 7 consecutive days.
On social media platforms, hot searches such as "Xu Fengshan is you again" and "Lin Shuang was touched porcelain" also rushed to the top few.
After being silent for nearly 3 years, Zhang Xiaofei finally raised his eyebrows with a big heroine drama.
However, behind the excitement, there are hidden worries.
"Good Things in Pairs" is good, but it has no stamina.
When many viewers chase this show, they always have a sense of déjà vu, and the pace of the first few episodes is also slightly dragged on.
The protagonist Zhang Xiaofei, her performance is not too problematic, but it is not enjoyable to watch, and it always gives people a warm feeling.
I want to act well, I am afraid of making mistakes, and in the end I present the state in the play.
After careful analysis, this drama is suspected of new bottles of old wine.
It is known as an urban inspirational drama, in fact, the essence is still a Mary Sue cool drama that has been filmed countless times.
A full-time wife discovers that her husband is cheating, bravely divorces, returns to the workplace, and reaps career success and the favor of the overbearing president.
Such a plot has appeared in "Thirty Only", "My First Half of Life" and "War of the Roses" in recent years, which cannot be said to be very similar, it is exactly the same.
Even the actors are ready-made.
Li Zefeng finished playing a scumbag in "Thirty Only", and he didn't even need to change his makeup, so he flashed into this drama to continue scumbag.
It is also strange to say that he has always played an affectionate male partner before, and he has not been popular, and he has been popular since he played a scumbag.
He said that he didn't want to play a similar role again, but his body was still very honest.
Huang Xiaoming finished playing the domineering president in "War of the Roses", and directly and seamlessly entered this drama to continue to stage a fan smile.
What makes people can't help but be handsome is that the sect leader always designs a unique way to appear for himself every time he plays a bully.
In "War of the Roses", his appearance is to swing a baseball bat blindly in his hand, embarrassing to wear the heart of his feet.
IN "GOOD THINGS IN PAIRS", HE RIDES A BROMPTON FOLDING BIKE, AND THE DIRECTOR GIVES HIS APPEARANCE A SLOW MOTION.
Every time I pretend to be cool, but I make the audience laugh, and it has to be you, Brother Xiaoming.
There is also Zhang Jiani, who plays the junior.
Looking at the makeup is very young, in fact, only 1 year younger than Zhang Xiaofei, Han Fan'er's makeup is very eye-catching, very lethal to the male audience.
In reality, she just staged a divorce drama with Fuji Buy Chao, the reason is also that the other party cheated, and to act in such a plot again, it was simply a reproduction yesterday.
You see, so many ready-made actors are combined together, as long as Zhang Xiaofei appears in front of the camera and acts according to the script, he will not act badly.
The role of Lin Shuang, Yuan Quan to play it very well, Ma Yili to play it is also good, and Tong Yao to play it also has taste.
Zhang Xiaofei to play, it's not impossible.
This is the impression that Zhang Xiaofei plays this drama, which seems to be the female number one, but it is actually very replaceable.
If you have to innovate, the traditional family ethics drama wife 1V2 wisdom fighting husband and mistress.
In this drama, the wife and the mistress awakened one after another, formed the Justice League to punish scumbags, and the standard "girls help girl" wrote to please women on the brain.
But after picking out these cool points, the sense of staleness and loopholes in the plot cannot be covered.
For example, the heroine Lin Shuang played by Zhang Xiaofei.
It is clear that he graduated from a prestigious university, won a soft prize in the industry, and is still the white moonlight of several male gods.
But after marriage, she willingly gave up everything to be a full-time wife, and even gave up the financial power of the family.
Ten years ago, TV series were still acceptable to everyone, and now women with a little brain know to leave a way back for themselves.
How would a Kochi woman be so stupid? Not credible.
Another example is the scumbag played by Li Zefeng, who is not only scum, but also stupid.
Cheating and wanting to divorce, the means of transferring property are extremely low, and the abacus in the stomach is heard by the audience across the screen, for fear that his wife does not know that he is going to run.
Similarly, the mistress played by Zhang Jiani was also whitewashed into a white lotus.
After falling in love with his boss halfway through the conversation, he knew that the other party had a family, and he had to intervene in other people's marriages, and even a "brother-helping demon", and the screenwriter really made up a story towards the audience's hi points.
The overlord played by Huang Xiaoming is even more outrageous.
Obsessed with the goddess of college, after the other party got married, he ran abroad to heal his injuries, and after returning to China, he saw that the goddess gave birth to a child and divorced, and then ran to take over the plate.
This kind of infatuated character is also a commonly used setting in ancient TV series, and the audience has stopped eating this set.
"Good Things in Pairs" gives people the impression that the chef stir-fried expired ingredients with a fierce heat and put chili peppers, and the audience sweated and shouted that they were addicted.
Then I suddenly found that the shiitake mushrooms in the bowl were not leftovers from last night, and I couldn't help but burp and smell a bad smell.
After watching one episode, I instantly entered the pit, and after watching three episodes, I guessed the ending, the food was tasteless, and it was a pity to abandon it.
We were all waiting for Zhang Xiaofei to play a Wang Fried, but she held back for a long time and played a safety card.
Is there a possibility that this safety card is Zhang Xiaofei's king fried?
Further analysis, "Good Things Become Pairs" was completed in February this year, Zhang Xiaofei took over this play at the end of last year, and since the release of "Hello, Li Huanying" in February 2021, Zhang Xiaofei has not received any good books in the past 2 years.
"Exchange Life" was filmed before taking the film, "Saving the Suspect" and "Hot and Hot" are all remakes, and it is more difficult to be brilliant.
That is to say, after Zhang Xiaofei got the queen, he seemed to have unlimited scenery, but in fact, he was not favored by big directors, and even lowered himself to act in TV series in order to maintain popularity.
In sharp contrast to this, Gao Ye, who became popular this year because of "Crazy", was immediately invited by Zhang Yimou to shoot "Article 20".
I still remember that Zhang Xiaofei always deliberately reduced her exposure and kept a low profile after taking the film, and everyone praised her for cherishing feathers.
But this has been low-key for almost 3 years, what about the thick and thin hair that is good? What about the return of Sister Wang?
Is she taking too much water in this movie queen?
Pico did not dare to make an assertion, but there was several pieces of evidence to support it.
First, "Hello, Li Huanying" is a gift from Jia Ling to her mother, it is a unique product, and its box office myth cannot be copied, and Jia Ling also admitted this in an interview.
Zhang Xiaofei plays Jia Ling's mother in the film, which means that she will hardly encounter such a pleasing role in her future acting career.
"Hello, Li Huanying" is a solitary product, Zhang Xiaofei's queen, too.
Second, Zhang Xiaofei was not a small transparent before "Hello, Li Huanying", she has been on the Spring Festival Gala many times and has long had national popularity.
And she also participated in the competition as the main coffee in the "Happy Comedian" program, and has already established herself in the comedy industry.
But the audience's impression of her is still "the woman behind Jia Ling".
This also means that Zhang Xiaofei can only play the role of the second in charge in comedy, and he has no ability to be alone.
Third, Zhang Xiaofei participated in "I am an Actor" in 2018, a performance competition show, which is essentially a group of actors who have not acted to find performance opportunities.
Sketch actors are generally very good in movies, such as Feng Gong and Zhao Benshan.
But Zhang Xiaofei did not show too high acting talent, and she was not only eliminated early in the show, but also formed a bond with Sun Qian because of her performance concept.
Obviously, Zhang Xiaofei encountered a performance bottleneck in the comedy industry, so at the age of 32, he ran to a variety show to PK acting with others and wanted to transform into an actor.
It's a pity that this road is not smooth, and she has no place in the entertainment industry where watching people put dishes down.
Zhang Xiaofei's dilemma in performance appeared long before "Hello, Li Huanying".
At 30+, she has reached the crossroads of life, and she can't see the end of her left and right.
At this time, she met "Hello, Li Huanying" and got the queen of the film, and the previous problems seemed to be covered, but in fact they have always existed.
It is too harsh to say that Zhang Xiaofei is a "parallel cargo queen", but her real level is that her appearance is not outstanding but she has affinity, acting is okay but not outstanding, and has a certain popularity but is about to go out.
But Lady Luck favored her and let her get the queen, which is her luck and her misfortune.
If you don't match the position, you will be eaten back.
Zhang Xiaofei's preciousness is that after taking the queen, she did not float, but clamped her tail to be a person, even more low-key than before.
So to this day, even if she does not meet everyone's expectations in the follow-up, the public's favorability is still very high.
However, the heat has passed, and the dilemma remains: go left, or go right?
Continue to cultivate the comedy industry and be a comedian like Wu Junru and Ma Li?
She and the team know that their strength can only be a second-in-command, and Jia Ling has now switched to being a director behind the scenes, and she is difficult to stand alone in front of the camera.
So wearing a queen laurel gorgeously turned into a movie actor?
Zhang Xiaofei is from a science class, she is from the 2005 class of Beiying, and Yang Mi and Yuan Shanshan are in the same class.
She was originally transformed into a sketch because of her lack of advantages in appearance and acting skills, and now she goes back, that is not called transformation, that is called repeated horizontal jumping, it is almost impossible to break out.
Zhang Xiaofei, who is in a dilemma, is entangled, which is reflected in her behavior in recent years.
She left Jia Ling to sign a new company, deliberately reducing exposure.
She frequently appears on the red carpet, and hot searches for "Zhang Xiaofei red carpet" and "Zhang Xiaofei's same clothes" often appear on social media.
This is not the breakdown of the relationship between Zhang Xiaofei and Jia Ling, or even Jia Ling took the initiative to suggest that Zhang Xiaofei find another way out.
Zhang Xiaofei wants to wash away the "little taste" on her body for a long time and become a real movie actor, and in "Good Things Become Pairs", we can no longer see the smell on her.
But on the other hand, Jia Ling needs to act in sketches and make movies, and Zhang Xiaofei has to turn back and run back, which is her basic plate.
Want to get rid of "Jia Ling's dependence" and can't give up the "Li Huanying effect", Zhang Xiaofei paced back and forth at this intersection, not flattering on both sides.
We noticed that the two were regular guests of the Spring Festival Gala, but this year's Spring Festival Gala Jia Ling was absent due to "physical reasons", and Zhang Xiaofei naturally did not appear, and the real reason behind this is only known to them.
In the field of film, because of her fear, Zhang Xiaofei can't receive too challenging roles, and the last time she appeared on the big screen was on the credits list in "Warm".
Even transferred to the field of TV dramas, Zhang Xiaofei can only act in some stable scripts in order to seek stability, and there is a lack of surprises.
Zhang Xiaofei, 37, is walking in the cracks, and the audience is almost out of sight, and she must choose one of the two.
If she is still enterprising in acting, she should step out of her comfort zone and challenge some more difficult roles.
Just like Haiqing, the "daughter-in-law professional household" was tired of it, and ran to act in a literary film, which made people awe-inspiring.
Just like Yuan Quan, tired of drama acting, returned to the TV industry to play urban female white-collar workers, and monopolized this type of role in just a few years.
There is also Wang Chuanjun, who was criticized for being ungrateful, but people were stunned to break into a new world by relying on "I Am Not the God of Medicine" and "Desperate".
Zhang Xiaofei should flick his hair, stride away, find a target, quickly exert force, even if it fails, it is better than constantly waiting, which is what our fans expect to see.
Conversely, if she sees good, she will receive it, and feel that it is enough to bloom once.
Then there is no need to continue to serve, do not pick and choose, and take more dramas within the scope of ability.
Even if there are no breakthroughs and surprises, the audience is happy to see it.
How to sing the lyrics: Butterflies fly beyond the sea, and no one can bear to blame.
The entertainment industry is changing with each passing day, a generation of new people for old people, leaving Zhang Xiaofei with really not much time.
In the end, a thousand words came together into one sentence: Zhang Xiaofei, who is trapped by the queen of the shadow, please take that step as soon as possible.
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Office: A Chicken
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