It was another ordinary talent show recording site. After the performance of the contestant Sheng Yilun, the judges present began to comment one by one. Several of the judges in front of them babbled about some scenes, and then it was Zhang Ziyi's turn.
She pondered for a moment and said calmly: "I can only say that in terms of acting, there is no point in working without talent. This blunt comment obviously surprised everyone, and the scene was in an uproar.
The camera focused on Sheng Yilun's stunned and puzzled face, and the host laughed awkwardly twice, trying to ease the atmosphere.
Such a direct and brutal criticism was tantamount to a hammer in the atmosphere of the scene at the time. It not only shattered Sheng Yilun's dream of becoming a star, but also may have stifled the hopes of countless off-site audiences to realize their acting dreams.
When this sentence spread wildly on the Internet, it immediately caused an uproar, and Zhang Ziyi suddenly became the target of people's verbal criticism.
"It's so irresponsible, does this criticism make sense!" People are just ordinary people, it's too cruel for you to hit them directly!" Zhang Ziyi's private messages and comment areas were crowded by angry netizens, and all kinds of saliva and abuse followed.
Her words were like a slap in the face, shattering the last illusion of success of countless hard-working ordinary people, and she was naturally besieged by a crowd.
Zhang Ziyi's comments seem too direct and simple to the outside world, but they are indisputable facts in this circle. From ancient times to the present day, there are countless examples of true success by talent.
For example, the popular Xiaosheng Hu Ge, he is an elephant-level figure in this circle.
As soon as the first TV series "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" starring Hu Ge was broadcast, this rookie actor instantly became famous in the entertainment industry with his superb acting skills and outstanding appearance conditions, and won a number of newcomer awards in one fell swoop.
In the following years, he starred in many hit dramas one after another, his acting skills became more and more mature, his popularity rose steadily, and he successfully became a generation of Xiaoshenglou. Even if he suffered a car accident later and his appearance and figure declined, he can still attract the audience's attention with his super acting skills and achieve another peak return.
Such examples are just the tip of the iceberg. It just shows the importance of talent and innate conditions in the entertainment industry. Ordinary people who have no outstanding features, even if they can play a role in a certain drama and play a role in gaining popularity, they have never been able to reach the peak of life by their own strength.
This also confirms that Zhang Ziyi's opinion is not wrong - efforts without talent are indeed futile.
As soon as Zhang Ziyi's comment came out, it immediately caused an uproar on the Internet and became the target of people's criticism. This seems excessive, because in the current mainstream values, the vast majority of people believe that if you work hard, you will succeed.
Zhang Ziyi's words are tantamount to a slap in the face - it turns out that he is a doomed candidate in the entertainment industry.
The strong vitality of this value ironically comes from a group of promoters who call themselves "success gurus". Represented by Nie Xiao, they are always full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, inciting ordinary people to continue to struggle, and instilling the positive energy of "hard work will lead to success".
In reality, however, this is just a gimmick and a means for them to achieve their commercial goals.
These so-called masters package themselves through courses, attracting countless inspirational ordinary people to pay for them. Fans did the same, mentally accepting his theories and blindly following them.
But the reality is that in the short term, these fans are just being consumed, their lives are still uneventful, and their goals are not one step closer. And those masters made money by demagoguery and self-packaging, and finally succeeded in ascending to the position by relying on capital operation to complete the transformation of winners in life.
So as soon as Zhang Ziyi's words came out, it was tantamount to drinking these ordinary people in the head - it turned out that success was far away from him, and he was just being used. This was unacceptable to many people, who became emotional and criticized Zhang Ziyi on the Internet, trying to maintain their last illusion of success.
The current public opinion situation can be said to be quite intense, and Zhang Ziyi and many netizens with different attitudes are facing a strong collision of values. But if we calm down and think from the perspective of a third party outside of this public opinion turmoil, we will find that Zhang Ziyi's words actually make people wake up ideologically.
We shouldn't be like those online commentators who are immersed in the fog of mainstream values or success gurus. On the contrary, we must maintain independent judgment and rational thinking, recognize our strengths and weaknesses, and gain insight into our strengths and weaknesses.
Where you are good at and have talent, you should go all out and work hard, which is the choice of smart people.
If you calmly accept the fact that you have no acting talent, Sheng Yilun will actually be much happier, and you can also develop in other fields and live the life you like.
Success or fame should not be our inevitable pursuit, finding our own place may be what we should do. If you have to chase after a goal that is destined to be unattainable, it will only waste time and energy, and thus gain pain.
This vigorous public opinion turmoil has fully exposed some omissions and problems in the current society. Many success masters use ordinary people's yearning and longing for success to consume and utilize, which undoubtedly needs to be reflected.
And Zhang Ziyi's words are indeed a little direct, unpackaged, exposing the cruel reality.
However, if we put aside the emotional perspective and calmly examine the incident itself, we will find that Zhang Ziyi's words, although radically worded, do touch the essence of the development of this industry.
Not everyone can succeed, and success will always belong to a very small number of people. Many dreams are destined to die in reality.
Therefore, accepting reality rationally and finding our own place may be what we should do. Zhang Ziyi's words ripped off that beautiful imagination of success and made more people recognize the reality, which is not a good thing.
Stop delusional and attachment to impossible things, and let our hearts become more peaceful and comfortable, which is the meaning of life that we should really explore.