Li Yifeng's youth and confusion when he first entered the circle
In 2007, a handsome and compelling young man broke into the public eye, he was Li Yifeng, who later became popular all over the country. Li Yifeng, who was in his early 20s at the time, signed up for the large-scale talent show "Come on! Good Boy", and he quickly stood out in the show with his outstanding appearance and sunny and cheerful personality.
Although his singing voice was not outstanding, the audience was still attracted to him, and voted for him to be in the top 10 again and again. Li Yifeng also accumulated acting experience on such a stage, and finally won the title of eighth in the country.
After the show, Hu Haiquan, president of a veteran-level entertainment company, personally signed Li Yifeng into it. For the fledgling Li Yifeng, this is undoubtedly the proudest moment in his life.
However, after a hopeful beginning, what awaited him was a long period of confusion and tempering. Because of his outstanding appearance, Li Yifeng first tried the path of a popular idol singer.
But he soon discovered that he had no talent for singing. The solo album he released sold dismally and ended up in nothing. This blow made him confused, and it also aroused a strong ambition in his heart - he must break out in the entertainment industry.
After several attempts, Li Yifeng finally chose the path of being an actor in 2009. He starred in his first TV series "The Prince of Tennis", playing a sunny and handsome tennis youth.
Although the response to this drama is average, it is a new starting point for Li Yifeng. In the following dramas such as "Happiness Must Be Strong", Li Yifeng gradually accumulated acting skills, and he was also clearer about his direction.
An excellent actor has gradually grown from an ignorant teenager.
Li Yifeng, whose career is booming
In 2013, Li Yifeng cooperated with the popular Xiaohua "National Sister" Li Qin and starred in the youth romance drama "The Return of the Daughter". In the play, the two successfully created a sweet and melancholy first love picture of a boy and a girl, and won the favor of the majority of young audiences.
This is also the work that has attracted the most attention since Li Yifeng's film, and his popularity and popularity have since risen rapidly. A year after the retire, Li Yifeng broke out again.
He partnered with Yang Mi, the top traffic goddess, and starred in the adaptation of the popular web novel of the same name "Ancient Sword Strange Tan". The play successfully attracted young audiences with its beautiful and fantastical art style, well-crafted ancient scenery and costumes, and even caused a topic because of the double CP of Li Yifeng and Yang Mi.
As soon as the play was broadcast, it immediately set off a wave of "chasing swords" in China, and Li Yifeng also became a first-line male star in the country.
In the following years, Li Yifeng's career was booming, and resources continued to pour into him. He has starred in a number of high-rated TV series, and the types of roles he has played are becoming richer and richer.
In 2015, Li Yifeng successfully transformed with the gentle, introverted but resourceful male number two Jing Xi in the business war drama "Sparrow", and won many heavyweight awards such as Leap Forward Actor and Chinese TV Drama Flying Award.
For a time, "Yifeng" became a traffic benchmark in the film and television industry. Not only that, but he also won the Most Popular Actor of the Year award in the music industry; Magazine covers and advertising endorsements followed.
As a first-line male star of the new generation, Li Yifeng has successfully built his own small empire and become the perfect male god in the eyes of women. The double harvest of career and popularity has also made his self-confidence and ambition increasingly inflated.
Li Yifeng firmly believes that he has stood at the apex of this circle.
Scandals surging undercurrents
However, there are also some hidden secrets hidden behind the popular fried chicken. In the process of cooperating with many actresses, Li Yifeng not only had ambiguous actions with them that exceeded the plot, but also broke a series of scandals.
In 2013, in "The Return of the Daughter" with the "National Sister" Li Qin, the sweet first love between the two made countless audiences fascinated. However, behind the scenes, Li Yifeng repeatedly made explicit verbal teasing to Li Qin, and even openly sexually harassed her.
After the footage shot by the crew leaked out, Li Qin's fans were furious. In the face of doubts, Li Yifeng not only did not apologize, but portrayed Li Qin as a character who loves to "toss people".
This indifference and naïve attitude made more people disgusted with him.
A year later, Li Yifeng collaborated with the top-notch goddess Yang Mi in "The Legend of the Ancient Sword", and a series of scandals also occurred between the two. Although Yang Mi is married and has children, Li Yifeng's overly intimate behavior with her in public still arouses speculation from the outside world - this behavior seems to be deliberately creating a topic.
Since then, Li Yifeng has partnered with Yang Mi in the movie "Sudden Star Movement". This time, he not only openly stroked Yang Mi around in front of the camera, but also deliberately spread the ambiguous relationship between the two.
Yang Mi's husband Hawick Lau had to come forward to clarify. After that, the scandals with Xiaohua Tang Yan and Wu Xin, who had just become popular, also followed. However, whenever he faced doubts, Li Yifeng either remained incognito and did not comment, or ignored them, diverting the public's attention.
This behavior pattern of deliberately creating a topic and then shirking it makes the outside world's perception of him gradually change from the initial playfulness and affection to cynicism.
Defeat in the storm
In 2022, Li Yifeng's soaring career disappeared without a trace at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, and was replaced by an official notice that "the performance was suspended due to serious misconduct in personal behavior".
Since then, the studios and endorsements around him have jumped ship, and fans have collectively lost their fans. The outside world speculated that something might have happened to him. Sure enough, the police quickly released an investigation report on Li Yifeng's obscene gatherings, and he openly admitted that he often opened rooms in hotels and engaged in improper activities with some female Internet celebrities.
The once popular idol fell from the altar and lost his reputation.
What followed was more revelations of Li Yifeng's secret activities. It turned out that he also colluded with Li Shengli, a member of the Korean group, to establish an industrial chain covering sex trafficking, and many girls were deceived into participating.
Li Yifeng used money and power to lure them into this dirty circle, and the bottom line of morality easily collapsed in front of interests. Some victims accused Li Yifeng of being a "scumbag", and fans who were once dead set on him also chose to give up after grieving.
Countless media and big Vs have written articles condemning him as a terrible role model.
In this public relations storm, Li Yifeng's reputation fell to the bottom, and his career prospects were worrisome. Endorsements, commercial performances, and investors all regard him as a plague god. What makes him even more painful is to see the sight of loyal fans leaving him one by one.
The once popular idol of Xiaosheng was shattered into pieces on the cusp of the storm, and the inner collapse and despair exceeded any failure.
His extreme and dramatic fall has undoubtedly become a lesson for the entire entertainment industry.
Examine the successes and failures of a public figure
When we look back at Li Yifeng's growth process and career, we have to admit the enlightening significance contained in it. This handsome and rich movie star once had the sincere admiration of countless boys and girls.
He could have relied on this shareholder style to continue to climb the pinnacle of his career in the entertainment industry and achieve greater achievements. However, when the temptation of money, fame, and power came, Li Yifeng did not refuse the call of the dark side of his heart.
He chose to indulge his lustful dogs and horses, and he fell into it as a result. The ideals of youthful frivolity have been evaporated, replaced by an empty, ugly, and twisted soul.
However, in the examination of Li Yifeng's life trajectory, we cannot only see his failure. As an ordinary person oscillating between spiritual cleanliness and entertainment indulgence, his inner story deserves more understanding and sympathy.
Mistakes make people ashamed and degraded, while tolerance makes people look up and do it again. None of us are born perfect, we all have stumbled, and we all crave forgiveness. Li Yifeng's case reminds us that no matter how high or powerful we are, we can't easily abandon our inner moral bottom line.
This is especially distant for any public figure. When society chooses to hate or abandon a loser, we need tolerance, compassion, and salvation. This is the embodiment of the progress of civilization.
epilogue
Li Yifeng has grown from a promising youth idol to a national-level popular student, but in the end, he failed to resist the vicious erosion of his innermost desires. His fall and failure have indeed brought an impact on the entertainment industry and even the entire society.
People will ask how a successful person with the whole world can make such a ridiculous and embarrassing choice. However, he had fallen into madness like a moth to a flame, and now he should be given a chance to regain his strength.
Ask ourselves if our hearts have never been dark and weak. And tolerance is the foundation of benevolence. Although Li Yifeng's life trajectory is embarrassing and tragic, we still need to have a state of mind of tolerance, understanding and compassion.
This is the basic cultivation of a mature society and a civilized person.